美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-12
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(八月)
英语课
1. At least three people in two states will split the 448.4-million-dollar Powerball jackpot. Two winning tickets were sold in New Jersey 1 and one was sold in Minnesota. One store owner in New Jersey says he will give his proceeds for selling a winning ticket back to the community.
2. A thousand firefighters are battling a spreading wildfire in the inland mountains of Southern California. The fire in the San Jacinto Mountains has grown from 7,000 acres to 10,000 acres overnight. Two firefighters and a civilian 2 have been hurt.
3. Heavy rain from the Nashville metro 3 area eastward 4 has triggered flash flooding. Dozens of people had been rescued from rising water. More than four inches of rain had fallen by Thursday afternoon.
4. NOAA is now live streaming a deep sea exploration off Nantucket and tens of thousands of people are tuning 5 in. NOAA's ship and its robotic sub explore the ocean's thousands of species, garnering 6 about 50,000 visits a day to the live stream.
n.运动衫
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
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。
n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)
- Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
- The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
adv.向东；adj.向东的；n.东方，东部
- The river here tends eastward.这条河从这里向东流。
- The crowd is heading eastward,believing that they can find gold there.人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。
n.调谐，调整，调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调
- They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》