AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-08
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月
1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is issuing a gloomy warning about the nation's economy. Bernanke says the recent financial turmoil 1 means economic activity will be subdued 3 through the rest of this year and into next year.
2. There are new details about the man behind the wheel of a tour bus that crashed in California, killing 4 eight people. Police say Quintin Watts 5 has a lengthy 6 criminal record, a history of substance abuse and a string of motor vehicle offenses 7. Investigators 8 are now trying to determine if he was impaired 9 when he lost control of the bus.
3. Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics. They won nearly a half million dollars for their theoretical advances that help explain the behaviour of the smallest particles of matter.
4. And this dramatic rescue was caught on tape. Quick-thinking police officers pulled an Indiana woman from her car just seconds before it explodes. The woman is now recovering from severe burns.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
control
2.lengthy adj.
a speech, piece of writing etc that is lengthy is long and often contains too many details
a lengthy report
3.substance abuse [uncountable]n.
the habit of taking too many illegal drugs, in a way that harms your health [= drug abuse]
- His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
- The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
- She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
- He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。
- 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。
- My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
- My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- 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》