AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-02
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 Gustav is quickly losing its punch after plowing 1 through south Louisiana's fishing and oil industry.The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 1 with 90-mile-an-hour winds.
2. Hurricane Gustav is sending water rushing up and over New Orleans' Industrial Canal's floodwall.But city officials and the Army Corps 2 of Engineers say they expect the levees will hold. Half of the streets closest to the canal are flooded,some places knee-deep.
3.The McCain campaign says Vice 3 Presidential candidate Sarah Paliln's unmarried daughter is five-month pregnant.A campagin statement says Bristol Palin will keep her baby due in late December and marry the child's father.(这里的v和p也可以小写）
4. And Vladimir Putin paid a visit to a Russian wildlife preserve. The tough-talking prime minister shot a female tiger with a tranquilizer gun after it had freed itself from a restraint. But it's all for a good cause.The program tracks rare tigers like this one.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1.rush vi.
To flow or surge rapidly, often with noise: Tons of water rushed over the falls.
2.due adj.
Expected to give birth.
- "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀，宝贝儿。 来自飘（部分）
- Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后，他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。