AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-13)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)
1. President Barack Obama is welcoming new tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying it sends an unmistakable message, but his Iranian counterpart says the new penalties are worthless, comparing them to annoying flies.
2. As the work continues to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf 1 of Mexico, the AP took an exclusive look at just what it's like underwater nearly seven weeks end, and looking below the surface is as bad, if not worse, as seeing what's on top of the water.
3. NATO says militants 2 have shot down a helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 3 four US troops. The Taliban is claiming responsibility. At least 17 US service members have been killed in the past four days.
4. The judge handling Lindsay Lohan's case has doubled her bail 4 to 200,000 dollars. That's because Lohan's alcohol monitoring bracelet 5 reported a possible violation 6. The actress's attorney says the device indicated the presence of a small amount of alcohol on Sunday night, the same night she attended the MTV Movie Awards.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
- She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。