AP 2010-09-12
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)
1. The FBI says investigators 1 have found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways 2 flight, in which a bomb threat was found scrawled 3 on a bathroom mirror. All passengers were immediately interviewed once the plane landed and then released. There were no arrests.
2. The leader of a small Florida church says he’s received more than 100 death threats after he announced plans to burn copies of the Quran on September 11th. But Reverend Terry Jones says he has no plans to back off his plan. The White House and other religious leaders are pressuring Jones to call off his plan.
3. Authorities say a wildfire burning near Boulder 4, Colorado, has destroyed at least 90 structures. The fire which has burned more than 7,000 acres is not contained. Officials are investigating reports that the fire started when a car ran into a propane tank.
4. In Detroit, at least two dozens homes have been damaged after a fire started because of down power lines. Strong winds are believed to have brought down those utility poles. At the time, there were wind gust 5 about 50 miles per hour. So far, no injuries have been reported.
- 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 giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
- Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。