美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-11-01
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十一)月
This is AP news minute.
1. Central Italy was hit by another powerful earthquake on Sunday, toppling buildings but causing no immediate 1 loss of life. Close to Sunday's epicenter was the ancient city of Norcia, the birth place of Saint Benedict and famed for its Benedictine monastery 2.
2. A Russian Soyuz based capsule has landed in Kazakhstan, bringing three astronauts from the U.S, Japan and Russia back to earth from a 115 days mission aboard the international space station. Three astronauts remained aboard the space station.
3. The first church service was held in a recently liberated 3 Iraqi town of Qaraqosh. The town as retaken by Iraqi force in this week as part of the ongoing 4 operation to retake Mosul. Islamic State fighters continue to resist on the town's outskirt.
4. And the Chicago cubs 5 are on the brink 6 of elimination 7 in their first World Series in 71 years, while the Cleveland Indians could be poised 8 to win their first one since 1948. Those are the stakes today at Wrigley Field for Game 5 as Cleveland holds a three games to one lead.
Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
- She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。
- The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进,解放了那座城市。
- The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应,释放出氧气。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
- The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
- Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
- I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。