AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-14
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月
1. Hurricane Ike roared ashore 1 early this morning, causing extensive damage in Southeast Texas and southern Louisiana. Thousands of homes and government buildings are flooded and several roads washed out.
2. The death toll 2 from Friday's train collision continues to climb. Officials say it's unlikely they'll find more survivors 3 among the wreckage 4.
3. A series of explosions rip through New Delhi, India today, killing 5 at least 18 people and wounding dozens. Police say the attacks appear to be coordinated 6. A Muslim militant 7 group has claimed responsibility.
4. Pope Benedict XVI made the final stop of his trip to France, visiting the pilgrimage city of Lourdes. In his homily the Pontiff focused on the ills of modern materialism 8.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. homily: n.
A sermon, especially one intended to edify 9 a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse 10.
2. materialism: n.
the belief that money and possessions are more important than art, religion, moral beliefs etc - used in order to show disapproval 11.
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
- 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。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- Idealism is opposite to materialism.唯心论和唯物论是对立的。
- Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.极端唯物主义使人忘掉精神价值。
- They tried to edify the child with music.他们试图用音乐陶冶这孩子。
- TV should attempt to edify the masses.电视应该试着去启迪大众。
- We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
- He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。