美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-02
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
1. Fire crews in California are still cleaning up after a massive fire at Universal Studios. The blaze destroyed several sets including one from "Back to the Future". A King Kong exhibit and a video vault 1 were also destroyed. Three firefighters were hurt. The cause isn't yet known.
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won Puerto Rico's primary. Fifty-five delegates are at stake there. However, Barack Obama is favored in the final two primaries Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota.
3. The Chicago priest whose comments about Hillary Clinton reignited the controversy 2 over Barack Obama's former church has apologized to his parishioners. At his own church today, the Rev 3. Michael Pfleger said he isn't racist 4 or sexist. He said the past few days have been the most painful of his life.
4. Space shuttle Discovery's seven-member crew has wrapped up an hours-long inspection 5 to look for any signs of damage to its ship. About five pieces of debris 6 broke off the fuel tank during lift-off yesterday, but none during the crucial first two minutes.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. at stake:
if something that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful.
2. parishioner n.
A priest's parishioners are the people who live in his or her parish, especially the ones who go to his or her church.
3. wrap up Phrasal Verb
To bring to a conclusion; settle finally or successfully.
- The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
- The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
- Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
- a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
- His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。