AP 2010-11-13
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(十一月)
1. President Barack Obama is now in Indonesia, a country where the president lived for four years as a child. The president will be in the country for less than 24 hours. He is expected to visit the country's largest mosque 1 while he is there.
2. However, the White House has announced the president will likely have to shorten his trip because of concerns over volcanic 2 ash from Mount Merapi. The volcano has killed more than 150 people. Residents at the base of the volcano continue to flee, afraid it will erupt again.
3. The US government has acknowledged it has known for decades that terrorists could sneak 3 bombs onto planes. Last month's failed mail bomb plot is now prompting officials to rethink air cargo 4 security. The Obama administration has banned freight from Yemen and Somalia in response to the latest threat.
4. Elizabeth Smart has taken the stand in the case of her alleged 5 abductor, telling a Utah jury that she thought she was having a nightmare when a man held a knife to her throat, telling her he would kill her and her family if she didn't leave with him. Smart was just 14 at the time. Brian Mitchell is accused of kidnapping Smart and holding her hostage for nine months.
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
- Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
- He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
- I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。