AP 2012-03-06
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(三月)
英语课
1. Rescue crews are continuing to find victims of Friday's severe weather. Dozens from Indiana to Georgia were killed. The tornadoes 1 destroyed homes, businesses and tossed around cars and buses.
2. BP has agreed to a 7.8-billion dollar settlement of law suits filed by 100,000 victims of the 2010 Gulf 2 oil spill. Analysts 3 say they now expect BP to move quickly to settle the rest of the claims against it.
3. Italy has held its first criminal hearing into the Costa Concordia's shipwreck 4. The judge in the case assigned experts to analyze 5 the ship's data recorder. A process, that's expected to last into the summer.
4. Prince Harry 6 has kicked off his visit to Belize with rum and dancing. Harry is in Belize as part of a Diamond Jubilee 7 tour in honor of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating 60 years on the throne.
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
n.船舶失事，海难
- He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
- The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。
vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)
- We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
- The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。