美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-01
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)
1. The terrorists who seized a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, say they are still holding hostages. Al-Shabab made the announcement on Twitter.
2. President Obama speaks to the UN¡¯s General Assembly Tuesday. He is expected to signal his willingness to engage Iran, if that country makes nuclear concessions 1.
3. Rescue workers in China used bamboo and ladders to save a family of seven, stranded 2 in the massive floods caused by a typhoon.
4. And closing arguments began Tuesday in the Michael Jackson civil negligence 3 case. Jackson¡¯s family is accusing concert promoter AEG of hiring the doctor who was convicted of giving the singer an overdose of medication.
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
- They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
- The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。