AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-03)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. From bad to worse in the Gulf 1 of Mexico, the Coast Guard now says five times more oil a day than previously 2 believed is spewing into the gulf from a blown-out well. The Coast Guard says it's a new leak, giving off 5,000 barrels a day. The leading edge of the oil slick is near the Louisiana coast.
2. Senate Republicans have abandoned their blockage 3 of a financial reform bill, clearing the way for eventual 4 passage. If passed, it will be the most sweeping 5 rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression. President Obama says the time to act is now.
3. The Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has been hit by another series of shootings. Prosecutors 6 say gunmen stormed into a bar early Wednesday, dragged eight people to the parking lot and shot them to death. Drug violence has led to 800 people being killed this year in the city of 1.3 million people.
4. New rules limiting the time passengers can wait in planes on tarmacs go into effect today. The new rule says three hours is the limit before airlines will be fine. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is promising 7 tough enforcement.
- 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。
- The logical treatment is to remove this blockage.合理的治疗方法就是清除堵塞物。
- If the blockage worked,they could retreat with dignity.如果封锁发生作用，他们可以体面地撤退。
- Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
- Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。