美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-04
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月
2. In Portugal, church service is marking the anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance 4. The British girl vanished while on vacation here days before her fourth birthday. Authorities have named Madeleine's parents as suspects.
3. The Olympic torch arrives on the mainland of China, beginning its national tour. A tour organizers promise will be trouble-free. Protests and last-minute route changes haunted the torch during its international relay.
4. It's time for swimming in the Baltic Sea. So these swimmers took to the water at a balmy 48 degrees, chasing after a plastic duck. Back on land, an elephant used its trunk to spray water on spectators.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pickup: n.
The act or process of picking up
2. the Baltic Sea: n. 波罗的海
a sea that is part of the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by Denmark, Sweden, the Baltic States, and Poland
3. balmy: adj.
mild and pleasant
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。