AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-03
时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月
1. The Navy says the remains 1 of the first American lost in the 1991 Gulf 2 War have been found. Captain Michael Scott Speicher was shot down 18 years ago in a jet over the Iraqi desert. Officials say new information led to the remains at what is believed to be the crash site.
2. A manhunt is on in Israel for the gunman who shot up a meeting of a support club for gay teenagers in Tel Aviv. Two people died, eleven others were wounded.
3. Filipinos are mourning the death of former President Corazon Aquino. Thousands lined up in Manila Sunday to pay their respects. Aquino died yesterday after a year-long battle with colon 3 cancer.
4. And they were trying to scream their way into the record books in Thailand on Saturday. Competitors from around the world vied for the "world's loudest screamer" title. The winner hails from Russia. But his 117 decibel 4 yell fell short of the Guinness title.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样,应当在冒号后加破折号。
- The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。