AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-09
时间：2019-01-30 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月
1. A raging wildfire has blazed through 3,500 acres in Santa Barbara County and is now threatening to charge into the coastal 1 city itself. More than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate 2.
2. The man accused of killing 3 a Wesleyan University student was arraigned 4 Friday. Police said Stephen Morgan shot and killed Johanna Justin-Jinich Wednesday at a bookstore near the Connecticut campus. And at the scene, officials reportedly found a journal believed to be Morgan's, which had an entry saying "kill Johanna. She must die".
3. Pakistan's army is vowing 5 to eliminate militants 6 from a northwestern valley, but warns that its under-equipped troops face thousands of Taliban extremists in the region. The offensive has drawn 7 praise from the US.
4. The Obama administration had promised a sharp break with its predecessors 8 on climate policy. But to the dismay of environmentalists, the Interior Department decided 9 to stick with a Bush-era stand against expanding protection for polar bears.
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- He was arraigned for murder. 他因谋杀罪而被提讯。
- She was arraigned for high treason. 她被控叛国罪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
- 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。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》