AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-15)
时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)
1. A 16-year-old California girl, who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world, has been found in the Indian Ocean. Rescue boats are now on the rescue of Abby Sunderland. Sunderland radioed that her boat was knocked down repeatedly by huge waves, and she had lost satellite phone contact.
2. The chief of Peru's criminal police says Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot has told police that he knows the location of the body of missing US teen Natalee Holloway. Van der Sloot is currently in custody 1 in Peru, accused of killing 2 21-year-old Stephany Flores.
3. Researchers studying the flow of oil from the blown-out well in the Gulf 3 of Mexico say as much as twice the amount of oil as previously 4 thought may be spewing into the sea. The group says as much as 2.1 million gallons of oil have been flowing daily into the Gulf.
4. The NBA Finals is all tied up at two games apiece. The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night, final score 96-89. The Celtics were led by backup Glen Davis, who scored half of his 18 points in the fourth quarter. Game 5 is set for Sunday in Boston.
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
- 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。
- 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 bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。