美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-10
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(八)月
英语课
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the actions of Israel's military during the rerent war in the Gaza Strip, saying heavy civilian 1 casualities were caused by Hamas. Nearly 1,900 Palestinians were killed in the recent war. Israel says 900 of them were Israeli militants 2.
Meanwhile, Israel pulled more troops back from the Gaza border Wednesday as a cease-fire with Hamas continues to hold. Negociations are set to take place in Cairo in the coming days to work on hammering out a longer term deal.
President Obama, posing with African leaders on the 3rd day of the Africa Summit in Washington. Talks Wednesday focused on increasing security and limiting corruption 3 on the Continent. The White House touting 4 the summit as the largest ever gathering 5 of African leaders in the United States.
And a miraculous 6 rescue among the rubble 7 of an earthquake in southern China. Rescuers pulled a woman out of the debris 8 after being trapped for several days. The death toll 9 rose Wednesday to nearly 600.
Robert Bumsted, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
Meanwhile, Israel pulled more troops back from the Gaza border Wednesday as a cease-fire with Hamas continues to hold. Negociations are set to take place in Cairo in the coming days to work on hammering out a longer term deal.
President Obama, posing with African leaders on the 3rd day of the Africa Summit in Washington. Talks Wednesday focused on increasing security and limiting corruption 3 on the Continent. The White House touting 4 the summit as the largest ever gathering 5 of African leaders in the United States.
And a miraculous 6 rescue among the rubble 7 of an earthquake in southern China. Rescuers pulled a woman out of the debris 8 after being trapped for several days. The death toll 9 rose Wednesday to nearly 600.
Robert Bumsted, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
adj.平民的，民用的，民众的
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
v.兜售( tout的现在分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报
- He's been touting his novel around publishers for years. 他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Technology industry leaders are touting cars as a hot area for growth. 科技产业领袖吹捧为增长热点地区的汽车。 来自互联网
n.集会，聚会，聚集
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
adj.像奇迹一样的，不可思议的
- The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
- They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。