美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-05
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(十二)月
This is AP news minute.
1. Officials in Tennessee say 13 people have died from a wildfire that ravaged 1 the great smoky mountains, including a person appeared to have a heart attack, while fleeing the flames. They also raised the number of homes and businesses that were damaged to nearly 1000.
2. Former NFL player Joe McKnight was shot to death Thursday following an argument at an intersection 2 with another motorist outside New Orleans. McKnight who played for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs is the second NFL player this year to die as a result of possible road rage incident.
3. The house of representatives overwhelmingly backed the $360 billion dollars defense 3 bill that rejects a member of president Barack Obama's key proposals, including closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. The bill now goes to the senate while a vote is expected early next week.
4. And a lamppost saved the pedestrian in Poland from being hit by a speeding car that became involved in an accident. Surveillance video showed the moment the car collided and the lucky pedestrian escaped.
Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
- Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。