AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-10)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. Crews in the Gulf 1 Coast are getting into place a massive steel-and-concrete box they hope will contain the massive oil leak, but have to lower the contraption about a mile into the water. If successful, it could collect as much as 85% of what's leaking out.
2. Stocks went on a wild ride this afternoon. The shaky situation in Greece helped trigger a sell-off that sent the Dow down almost 1,000 points. It recovered some of that before the closing bell.
3. The U.K. may have a new Prime Minister shortly. Voters there have been going to the polls Thursday in the country's general election. The Labor 2 Party is currently in control, but Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats 3 are expected to do very well.
4. Hall of Fame pitcher 4 Robin 5 Roberts has died. The right-handed pitcher won 286 games in his career, and helped the Philadelphia Phillies win the pennant 6 in 1950. He was 83 years old.
- 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。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
- Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
- The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
- We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。