美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-04
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)
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Texas senator Ted 1 Cruz finally stopped talking and sat down at 12 noon today. His all night talkathon to dismantle 2 President Barack Obama's health care plan lasted 21 hours and 19 minutes.
Kenyan authorities don't expect to recover a significant number of bodies from Westgate mall. But investigators 3 say it will take time to identify exactly who attacked the upscall shopping center.
In Colorado, authorities fear a major oil spill as floodwaters recede 4. Those waters have hampered 5 attempts to reach a ravaged 6 oil patch for a complete damage inspection 7.
And new Benjamins are coming to a bank near you. The new 100-dollar bills will be harder to counterfeit 8 with an inkwell that changes color. The new bills will be available October 8th.
Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消
- He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
- The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进
- The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
- He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。
妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
n.检查，审查，检阅
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的
- It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
- The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。