美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-04-02
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月
1. Independent truckers from across the country called for a one-day strike to protest record high diesel 1 fuel prices. At the same time, Congress drilled top executives of the five biggest US oil companies about high profits. They also wanted to know why they are not investing in the development of other energy technologies.
2. The federal government says 17 of the nation's 50 largest cities don't graduate even half of their high school students. They found that 1.2 million high schoolers drop out each year. The government is also mandating 2 that states report dropouts in a uniform way.
3. President Bush is in Ukraine. He wants the former Soviet 3 Republic along with Georgia to become part of the NATO alliance. France and Germany have expressed concern the move could anger Russia.
4. A wayward gator made a mess of the morning rush hour near Fort Lauderdale Florida. Deputy shut down a busy road for about an hour while they waited for a wildlife worker to come and snare 4 the animal.
- We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
- My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
- Current requirements mandating that committees keep minutes are too general. 目前对委员会要保持详细记录的指令性要求，还是太过一般化了。
- Mandating that workers who quit without permission forfeit a month's wages. 规定工人私自离岗将受到罚没一个月工资的处罚。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。