AP 2010-09-06
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)
1. Hurricane Earl now packs 145-mile-per-hour winds as it continues to churn towards the North Carolina coast. Forecasters are still trying to pinpoint 1 exactly where and if Earl will make landfall. Hurricane warnings and watches have now been posted from North Carolina to New England.
2. Police in suburban 2 Washington continue to go through Discovery Channel's headquarters, looking for explosives. This after a man with at least one explosive device strapped 3 to his body took three people hostage. Police eventually killed the man after officers saw him point a handgun at a hostage.
3. President Barack Obama says he is cautiously hopeful that Middle East leaders can settle their differences. Obama dined with leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday night at the White House. Peace talks are scheduled for this weekend.
4. Engineers plan to remove a cap on the blown-out Gulf 4 of Mexico well later today. This is a prelude 5 to raising the massive blowout preventer that failed to prevent April's disaster. Engineers don't expect to see another gusher 6 when they remove that cap today.
- It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
- I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
- Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
- There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
- Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
- The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。