美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-04-05
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. People across the country marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination 1 of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In Atlanta, his children laid a wreath at his tomb. Many more gathered at the Memphis Hotel where he was gunned down in 1968.The presidential candidates also spoke 2 of King's contributions.
2. Severe storms rocked the South. A tornado 3 swept through parts of the Arkansas. Severe weather also damaged homes and spread debris 4 across Jackson, Mississippi.
3. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president, made more than 109 million dollars over 7 years. The Clintons also paid nearly 34 million dollars in taxes from 2000 through 2007. They gave 10 million to charity.
4. An 18-year-old Florida surfer says he will be back in the water despite the fact he is recovering from a shark bite. The shark clamped down his ankle while he was surfing south of the Daytona Beach. He has more stitches than the doctors could count.
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。