AP 2011-05-15
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. Crews are working to shore up levees along the Mississippi River as floodwaters are expected to swell 1 in the next few days in the Mississippi Delta 2. State officials are urging residents to seek higher ground. The local economy is taking a hit as the river and its tributaries 3 have washed away crops and closed dockside casinos.
2. US officials say a hand-written journal kept by Osama bin 4 Laden 5 included planning ideas and details of operations. The journal was part of a huge cache of intelligence taken by US Navy SEALs during a raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
3. Republican Newt Gingrich officially joined the race for president by way of social media. In a post on Twitter, the former house speaker says he’s announcing his candidacy for president of the United States.
4. A judge has ordered Lindsay Lohan to 120-day jail sentence after the actress pleaded no contest in the theft of a necklace from a California jewelry 6 store in February. Lohan is expected to serve only a fraction of that time because of jail overcrowding.
- The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
- His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- In such areas small tributaries or gullies will not show. 在这些地区，小的支流和冲沟显示不出来。
- These tributaries are subsequent streams which erode strike valley. 这些支流系即为蚀出走向谷的次生河。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。