AP 2010-03-09
时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
[1] President Barack Obama will describe his final health care plan at the White House today. The unveiling comes one day after Obama said he was open to melding four Republican ideas into his proposal. However, GOP resistance to the health care plan remains 1 unanimous.
[2] Representative Charles Rangel says he is not stepping down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. When asked by reporters that if he was still chairman, Rangel responded "you bet your life." The House Ethics 2 Committee said last week that Rangel violated Congressional gift rules by taking trips to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008.
[3] The recent earthquake in Chile is bringing new attention to a dangerous undersea fault along the Pacific Northwest. The fault is capable of producing the same type of earthquake as in Chile, possibly inflicting 3 heavy damage to cities like Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. The fault has been dormant 4 for more than 300 years.
[4] A body found in a shallow grave in San Diego is believed to be that of a missing 17-year-old girl. Chelsea King vanished Thursday. Authorities have arrested a registered sex offender 5 for investigation 6 of rape 7 and murder. He is due in court Wednesday.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
- Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
- He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
- It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。
- Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
- This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。
- They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
- The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
- 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。