AP 2011-03-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(三月)
1. Japan has declared a state of emergency at another earthquake-affected nuclear plant where higher than permitted levels of radioactivity were measured. Japan also said authorities at another plant have resorted to using sea water to cool a second reactor 1 in an attempt to prevent a meltdown.
2. Japan's prime minister says his country is facing its most severe challenge since World War II. Officials say at least 1,400 people were killed. But the police chief of Miyagi state says the death toll 2 there alone could pass 10,000.
3. Passengers and witnesses to a New York City bus crash that killed 14 people are contradicting the driver's story that he was clipped by a tractor-trailer. A law enforcement official tells the AP that passengers say the driver swerved 3 at times to the right for no reason before sliding off the road.
4. And a pair of snow leopards 4 has moved into new lairs 5 at a zoo in Hungary. Keepers hope to begin a new breeding program for the endangered animals.
- The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
- Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
- 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。
- She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist. 她猛地急转弯，以躲开一个骑自行车的人。
- The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese. 为了躲避一队鹅，司机突然来个急转弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）