美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(一)月
1.Authorities in North Carolina have found a truck belonging to a murder suspect. Marine 1 Corporal Cesar Laurean has been on the run for days. He's accused of killing 2 fellow marine Maria Laterbach and her unborn child. The vehicle was found in a motel parking lot, not far from the airport.
2.The government says undersized gusset plates were the critical factor in Minneapolis' I-35 West Bridge collapse 3. Thirteen people died in the disaster. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plates were only about half as thick as they should have been.
3.Baseball commissioner 4 Bud Selig and union leader Donald Fehr both admit they shoulder some of the responsibility for the widespread steroid use in the game. The two testified before a congressional committee looking into how baseball is dealing 5 with the doping scandal.
4.The government says meat and milk from cloned animals is just as safe as normally bred animals. But you won't see those products on the grocery store shelf right away. The Food and Drug Administration has asked manufactures to hold up on sales for a bit longer for marketing 6 reasons. The government will not make manufactures label cloned food.
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- 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。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。