美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-11
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.The race for the Democratic presidential nomination 1 is less crowded now. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson dropped out of the race this afternoon. He's been a congressman 2, cabinet secretary and diplomatic troubleshooter. But his campaign never caught fire with voters.
2.Colombian rebels released two female hostages who'd been held captive for more than five years. One woman is an aide to a former Colombian presidential candidate. The other, a former congresswoman. The rebels are still holding scores of hostages, including Americans.
3.Debra Lafave violated her probation 3 by talking with a 17-year-old co-workerabout sex. But a judge said she will not face additional penalties. She admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old boy while she was a middle school teacher. But the judge said Lafave'sviolations were not wilful 4 or substantial.
4.A twenty-year-old college student in Japan is this year's lucky man. He won the race to prove it. It's an annual centuries-old competition. Thousandsran through a shrine 5 that honors the Japanese God of prosperity in business and legend has it, whoever wins the race will have good fortune all year.
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
- His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。
- A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
- He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias.他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。