美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-09
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. The United States may air-drop aid to victims of a cyclone 1 in Myanmar, doing it without the government's permission. The UN is appealing to the country's military leaders to let a major international aid effort to begin.
3. Severe weather moves through parts of Mississippi and Alabama. Strong winds toppling some homes, all an apparent 2 tornado 3 damaged a shopping mall in Tupelo, Mississippi. Some school systems released students early. The storms caused no injuries.
4. In Colorado Springs, several bears make a mess of the neighborhood going through the trash, crawling up a tree. All captured on tape. The bears eventually moved on, running out of the neighborhood and then up a hill.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. air-drop: v. 空投
If a country or organization air-drops supplies to a place, it drops supplies there from aircraft.
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
- His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。