AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-03
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(八)月
1. Barack Obama is backing away from John McCain's call for a series of joint 1 town hall appearances and is instead agreeing to three traditional debates. Obama's camp says there doesn't appear to be enough time to do anything other than three face-offs in September and October.
2. The Justice Department is expected to decide soon whether to close its investigation 2 into the 2001 anthrax attacks. Officials say they were preparing to seek an indictment 3 of Army scientist Bruce Ivins before he committed suicide on Tuesday.Closing the probe would indicate officials believe he was acting 4 alone.
3. At least four people have been killed as rival Palestinian factions 5 battled today in Gaza. Tensions between Hamas and Fatah have been escalating 6 all week as the two sides fight for control of the territory.
4. China is putting the last piece in plays for the upcoming Olympic opening ceremonies. Performers went through a full dress rehearsal 7 Saturday complete with fireworks.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.back away phrasal verb
to stop supporting a plan or idea, or stop being involved in something
back away from
The government has backed away from its nuclear weapons strategy.
2.face-off [countable]n.
informal especially American English a fight or argument
3.full dress rehearsal
full dress rehearsal就是“大规模带妆彩排”，dress rehearsal指a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance，即“带妆彩排”。Rehearsal，“排练、演练”
4.complete with
complete with something
having particular equipment or features
e.g.The house comes complete with swimming pool and sauna.
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句