AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-07
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十一)月
1. Two days after the election, President-elect Obama picked his chief of staff. Democratic officials say Rahm Emanuel has accepted the job. The third-ranking House Democrat 1 served in the Clinton White House and has a reputation for bluntness and single-minded determination.
2. Meanwhile, President Bush is calling for a seamless transition for his Democratic successor. Bush told his staff today to make sure the transfer of power is a smooth one. Bush and Obama are expected to sit down for talks at the White House Monday.
3. Tropical Storm Paloma is strengthening and turning to the north as it approaches the Cayman Islands and Cuba. Forecasters predict the storm could make landfall over Cuba as a hurricane by Sunday.
4. And a Milwaukee teen is lucky to be alive after being dumped into the back of a recycling truck and compacted. It happened after the boy hid in a recycling bin 2 after running away from his boot camp-style school. Police say the teen's injuries aren't life-threatening.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. blunt: adj.
speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people
bluntness n.
2. single-minded: adj.
Someone who is single-minded has only one aim or purpose and is determined 3 to achieve it.
3. seamless: adj.
You use seamless to describe something that has no breaks or gaps in it or which continues without stopping.
4. boot camp: n.
In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained.
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。