AP 2010-03-07
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
1. The outgoing president of Chile is asking for foreign help in dealing 1 with what she calls a catastrophe 2 of such unthinkable magnitude. The 8.8-magnitude quake struck early Saturday. The death toll 3 has now topped 700. Half a million homes were either destroyed or badly damaged.
2. Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast remain without power after a slow-moving storm battered 4 the region late last week. Winds up to 90 miles per hour brought down trees and power lines. Crews from as faraway as Michigan have been called in to help.
3. A festive 5 crowd of 60,000 jammed into BC Place Stadium to bid farewell to the Vancouver Olympic Games. The home country was able to celebrate a record 14 gold medals. The United States captured the most overall medals with 37.
4. The final medal game out of the Games may have come with the most drama. The Canadian hockey team beat the US team in sudden death overtime 6 to capture the gold. The US tied the game with under 30 seconds left in regulation. But Sidney Crosby netted the game-winner, beating tournament MVP Ryan Miller 7 7:40 into overtime.
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
- This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
- 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。
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
- We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
- They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
- He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。