AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-15)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(四月)
1. A two-day nuclear summit with leaders from 47 countries starts today in Washington. President Barack Obama is looking for global help in his goal of ensuring all nuclear materials worldwide within four years. The president considers nuclear weapons in terrorist hands to be the single biggest threat to US security.
2. A team of federal investigators 1 arrives today at the scene of West Virginia's mining disaster, a week to the day after an explosion killed 29. Authorities have said that high levels of volatile 2 methane 3 gas may have played a role in the disaster.
3. Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders indicate that there were no technical problems with the Polish president’s Soviet-made plane that crashed, killing 4 him and 95 others. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the pilot was warned of bad weather over the airport in western Russia.
4. Masters week started with Tiger Woods in the spotlight 5. It ended with Phil Mickelson in the spotlight. Lefty won his third Masters title yesterday, shooting a 5 under bar 67 to beat Lee Westwood by three shots. It was Mickelson's first major title since his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Tiger Woods finished in the tie for fourth, five shots behind Mickelson.
- 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》
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。
- The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
- Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。
- 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。