AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-01
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.Congressional leaders are scrambling 1 to make changes to the 700 billion dollar financial bailout bill that failed in Congress Monday. Presidential candidates McCain and Obama both said they back Republican measure to increase the FDIC insurance limit to 250,000 dollars. Lawmakers are trying to reassure 2 nervous Americans.
2.Nearly 170 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in western India. More than 12,000 people are gathered to worship when false rumors 3 of a bomb spread through the crowd.
3.Eleven people who were kidnapped in Egypt have returned to their home countries. The five Italians, five Germans and one Romanian flew home after a week-long ordeal 4. One former captor says the hostage-taker suddenly told them to get in their car and drive away.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
informal act in a hurried, disorderly, or undignified manner
2.stampede n.
a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people due to interest or panic.
3.ordeal n.
a prolonged painful or horrific experience
4.captor n.
One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
5.hostage-taker n.
A person or party which seizes hostages is/are known as (a) hostage-taker(s)
- Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。