美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-11
时间：2019-02-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(七)月
1. President Bush has signed a bill overhauling 2 rules on government eavesdropping 4. The new law also grants immunity 5 to companies that helped the government spy on Americans. The ceremony ended a year-long debate over privacy and civil liberties concerns and the effort to prevent terrorism.
2. Iran fired the second round of test missiles that could reach Israel. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice says the US will not back down in the face of Iranian threats against the Jewish state. The White House is counting heavily on diplomacy 6 to persuade Iran to not build nuclear weapons.
3. Jesse Jackson has spent much of the day continuing to apologize to Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Jackson's son says he is disappointed in his dad's reckless statements about the presumed Democratic presidential nominee 7. Obama says he accepts Jackson's apology.
4. A woman is suing police at Reagan Washington National Airport following her arrest that was caught on video. The woman says police handled her roughly. Airport officials say the woman did not follow security procedures.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.
to deliberately 8 listen secretly to other people's conversations.
3. immunity: n.
the state or right of being protected from particular laws or from unpleasant things.
4. spy on: v.
to watch someone secretly in order to find out what they are doing.
5. civil liberties:
A person's civil liberties are the rights they have to say, think, and do what they want as long as they respect other people's rights.
= human rights
6. back down: v.
If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
7. count on: v.
If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
- I had no chance of overhauling him. 我没有赶上他的可能。 来自辞典例句
- Some sites need little alterations but some need total overhauling. 有些网站需要做出细微修改，而有些网站就需要整体改版。 来自互联网
- He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
- It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。
- We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
- Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。
- The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
- He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。