美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-22
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(七)月
英语课
1. Malaysia Airlines says the plan that went down in eastern Ukraine had 280 passengers and 15 crew members aboard. Separatist rebels are denying they shot the plane down. Ukraine’s President says his country’s armed forces didn’t shoot at any airborne target.
2. Police in California say the suspects who robbed the bank and took 3 people hostages also intended to kill people. One of the hostages and two suspects died. The surviving suspect appears to have used one of the hostages as the shield.
3. Microsoft announced the biggest layoff 1 in its history, saying it will cut 18,000 jobs as it streamlines 2 its Nokia mobile device business to focus on using the Windows phone operating system.
4. And veteran theatre performer Elaine Stritch has died. She appeared in movies and on TV, but was best known for her stage work, particularly her candid 3 one-woman memoir 4 called “Elaine Stritch at Liberty”. She was 89.
n.临时解雇，操作停止，活动停止期间，失业期
- Finally, prepare an explanation about what led to your layoff.最后，要准备好一套说辞来解释你被解雇的原因。
- Workers were re-employed after the layoff.在暂时解雇不久后工人们又被再度雇用了。
把…做成流线型( streamline的名词复数 )； 简化使效率更高； （系统、机构等）效率更高； （尤指）使增产节约
- In a junction, there is no fixed pattern of streamlines. 在接头中，流线没有固定图形。
- Small droplets tend to follow the streamlines of the air. 小水滴顺着气流运动。
adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的
- I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
- He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。