AP 2010-07-10
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(七月)
1. Oil giant BP says its cost for containing the big oil spill in the Gulf 1 of Mexico climbed nearly half a billion dollars in just one week. Its tab, now just over three billion dollars.
2. Much of the East Coast is scorching 2 with temperatures way above normal passed 90 degrees. In coming days, the mercury could climb to triple digits 3.
3. An American geologist 4 working in China is sentenced to eight years in prison. Chinese authorities are accusing him of trafficking in state's secret, passing along information about the country's oil deposits.
4. Freedom for Japanese eating champ Takeru Kobayashi, arrested after tangling 5 with authorities in the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in New York. He says he's tired and hungry
- 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。
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
- He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。