AP 2010-08-08
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(八月)
1. BP officials say they plan to begin forcing cement down the blown-out Gulf 1 oil well today. The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea. Yesterday, crews were able to force down the oil with mud.
2. A federal judge's decision to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban has touched off celebrations from coast to coast. Gay couples outside the San Francisco courthouse erupted with cheers after the ruling. Supporters of the ban say they plan to appeal.
3. Model Naomi Campbell has testified at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor that she received "dirty rocks." Prosecutors 2 contend Taylor got diamonds from Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for weapons during that country's decade-long civil war. Campbell tried without success to avoid testifying.
4. It was a war of words between Whoopi Goldberg and White House gatecrasher Michaele Salahi after Wednesday's taping of the view. Salahi says Whoopi hit her during the show. Goldberg says she simply put her hand on Salahi's back, trying to get her attention to talk about the night she and her husband crashed the president's state dinner.
- 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。
- 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。