美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-05-05
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月
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1. Residents of Mayflower,Arkansas pick up the piece Monday after a powerful tornado 1 struck the day before. The deadliest wind killed 14
people and carved an 80 mile path of destruction through suburban 2 little rock.
2. The mayor of Ukraine's second largest was shot in the back Monday. Pro-Russian insurgents 3 seized more government buildings as US hit
Russia with ore sanctions.
3. Israeli stopped in their tracks for Israel's holocaust 4 remembrance day. They stood in silence as sirens pierced the air to remember the
millions perished during World War Two.
4.The British law firm reports that George Clooney is engaged to be married , considered Hollywood's most eligible 5 bachelor, the 52-year-
old plans to marry British lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
n.飓风,龙卷风
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
adj.城郊的,在郊区的
- Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
- There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.大破坏;大屠杀
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀,因为他像希特勒一样残忍。