AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-03
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. Wall Street plunges 1 again as credit markets remain tight and jobless claims hit seven-year high, stoking fears the government's financial rescue plan may not halt recession. Some lawmakers in the House now say they will change their votes when a new rescue plan comes up on Friday.
2. It's debate night for the number two candidates on the presidential tickets. Old Washington hand, Senator Joe Biden, will face off against Republican and newcomer governor Sarah Palin in St. Louis. Palin has recently struggled to give clear answers in some highly-publicized interviews.
3. Investigators 2 in California say it's clear from newly-found wreckage 3 that adventurer Steve Fossett died instantly. His plane hit in a mountainside head-on. It was about a year ago that Fossett vanished. The remains 4 of his plane just found.
4. This bear popped into a subway sandwich shop in Canada for a sniff 5 but it's soon left hungry. News reports say the bear was later tracked down and shot, because it posed danger to humans.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. stoke: v.
If you stoke something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly.
2. head-on: adv.
if two vehicles crash etc head-on, the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other.
3. pop into: phr v.
to go somewhere quickly, suddenly, or in a way that you did not expect.
- Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 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》
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。