美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-07
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
2. Hillary Clinton officially ends her bid for the presidency 3 Saturday at noon. She will thank supporters and endorse 4 Barack Obama at a Washington event. The former first lady is expected to urge Democrats 5 to rally behind Obama, helping 6 him defeat Republican nominee 7 John McCain.
3. Survivors 8 of the Chinese earthquake are watching a lake, worried about flooding. Authorities have evacuated 9 more than a quarter million people. And workers are digging a channel to drain the lake. But so far, water levels have not dropped.
4. At Newark Airport in New Jersey 10, 26 animals have arrived from Iraq, befriended by US troops there. This is the latest rescue for Operation Baghdad Pups, a program getting companion animals out of Iraq and Afghanistan and into homes in the US.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rattle 11: v.Informal.
To fluster; unnerv
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
- I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- 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 survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。