AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-04)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(四月)
1. President Barack Obama says his decision to clear the way for oil drilling off most US shores is a compromise aimed at harnessing the nation's energy resources while also protecting its natural resources. The president says he knows environmentalists will be disappointed, but that reversing the ban is necessary to feed the nation's appetite for energy.
2. Officials in Rhode Island said the water from unprecedented 1 flooding has finally begun receding 2. That trouble could linger for days. The head of the State Emergency Management Agency says it could be Saturday before the Pawtuxet River goes below its banks.
3. Four people are dead and five are wounded, following the worst shooting in the nation's capital in 16 years. They had just returned from the funeral for another shooting victim. Three people have been arrested.
4. An Icelandic volcano that has been dormant 3 200 years before erupted ten days ago continues to attract tourists and geologists 4. Scientists now say it's less likely the volcano will not creat glacier 5 ice and trigger floods.
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
- Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
- Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
- This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。
- Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
- Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。