AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-13
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 sent waves crashing over a seawall as it steamed toward Texas Friday. The powerful storm is threatening to devastate 1 coastal 2 towns and batter 3 America's fourth largest city. Ike's eye was forecast to strike near Galveston late tonight or early tomorrow.
2. Pakistan's main opposition 4 party said that country could pull out of the war on terror. The warning comes after a deadly attack by US forces along the Afghanistan border.
3. During a French pilgrimage Pope Benedict is encouraging a role for religion in shaping public policy. That has angered advocates of secularism 6 in that country. The pope is also expected to denounce fundamentalist fanaticism 7 during a meeting with cultural figures including several Muslim leaders.
4. And just seven weeks before the election, John McCain is slightly ahead of Barack Obama.That's according to a new AP-GFK poll of likely voters.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
１.seawall n[C]
a wall built beside the sea to stop the water from flowing onto the land
2.devastate vt.
to lay waste;destroy
3.batter vt.
heavily and repeatedly with violent blows
4.secularism
is generally the assertion that certain practices or institutions should exist separately from religion or religious belief. Alternatively, it is a principle of promoting secular 5 ideas or values in either public or private settings. It may also be a synonym 8 for "secularist 9 movement". In the extreme, it is an ideology 10 that holds that religion has no place in public life.
5.fundamentalist n.[C]
someone who follows religious laws very strictly
Muslim fundamentalists
6.fanaticism
Fanaticism is an emotion of being filled with excessive, uncritical zeal 11, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause, or with an obsessive 12 enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby.
- A few days before,a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
- Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis,which devastate coastal regions.地震还引发海啸，它直接破坏海岸地区。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
- Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- Unless are devoted to God, secularism shall not leave us. 除非我们奉献于神，否则凡俗之心便不会离开我们。 来自互联网
- They are no longer a huge threat to secularism. 他们已不再是民主的巨大威胁。 来自互联网
- Your fanaticism followed the girl is wrong. 你对那个女孩的狂热是错误的。
- All of Goebbels's speeches sounded the note of stereotyped fanaticism. 戈培尔的演讲，千篇一律，无非狂热二字。
- Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
- The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation. “工业民主”这个词常被用作“工人参与”的同义词。
- The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
- The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
- Revolutionary zeal caught them up,and they joined the army.革命热情激励他们，于是他们从军了。
- They worked with great zeal to finish the project.他们热情高涨地工作，以期完成这个项目。