AP 2010-03-04
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
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[1] The worst may be over in the Northeast as a strong winter storm is tapering 1 off. Already, more than 21 inches of snow has fallen in New York. Crews at airports from Philadelphia North are now trying to clear the runways.
[2] The shows are going on at SeaWorld. Earlier this week, a trainer was killed by a killer 2 whale during a performance in Orlando. But now, the president of the park says trainers won't be allowed into the water with the killer whales.
[3] The Taliban is claiming responsibility for a series of suicide 3 attacks in the capital of Afghanistan. At least 16 people were killed. The strikes come as Afghan and international forces are battling Taliban militants 4 in the southern part of the nation.
[4] Surfers in China are getting some unique company. A dog is now hanging ten with them. It's actually the pet of an instructor 5 who says that if he can teach a dog to surf, then anyone can do it.
- Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
- Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
- The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
- The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。