AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-02
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 House has voted to rush an additional two billion dollars into the popular but financially strapped 1 "cash for clunkers" car purchase program. House members acted within hours of learning from the transportation secretary that the program was running out of money.
2. Space shuttle Endeavor and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. Endeavor glided 2 through a slightly hazy 3 sky and touched down on Kennedy Space Center's landing strip.
3. Military officials say a long-awaited reassessment of the war against the Taliban may include a request for more US forces in Afghanistan. It's a request that the White House is expected to resist.
4. And in western India, hundreds of infants were dropped from the roof of a Muslim shrine 4. The parents believe that the religious ritual which ends when the children are caught in a bed sheet ensures good health and prosperity for their offspring.
- Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
- They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We couldn't see far because it was so hazy.雾气蒙蒙妨碍了我们的视线。
- I have a hazy memory of those early years.对那些早先的岁月我有着朦胧的记忆。