AP 2010-09-08
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)
1. Investigators 1 looking into what went wrong in the Gulf 2 of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are getting their first chance to look at the failed device up close.
2. Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala that have killed dozens of people. One landslide 3 partially 4 buried a bus, killing 5 12 people.
3. Jetblue flight attendant Steven Slater's big exit last month was for good. His lawyer said he has resigned from his job. Slater gained infamy 6 after jumping down a plane's emergency slide. The airline will only say he is no longer an employee. Slater still faces criminal charges.
4. Sixty-nine people in Mexico have made it into the Guinness World Record book. Sunday they set a new record for the greatest number of people simultaneously 7 lassoing. The group twirled their ropes for nearly three minutes.
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 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。
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富，但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。
- Traitors are held in infamy.叛徒为人所不齿。
- The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
- The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。