AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-11
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. President-elect Obama and President Bush have held their first face-to-face meeting since election. Obama and his wife arrived at the White House about ten minutes early. The president and president-elect later waited for cameras as they strode along the Colonnade 1 to the Oval Office.
2. The man is being questioned in the killings 2 of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew is staying in jail. William Balfour is being held for violating parole from a prior conviction. A parole board official says a witness reported seeing him with a gun matching the description of the weapon used in the killings.
3. Those finding a travel by air this holiday season ought to be ready for delays and other hassles. A new study on airline performance says there has been a steady decline in on-time arrivals, baggage handling and other aspects of air travel over the last few years, and things are at their worst in December.
4. New pictures are showing how active a volcano near Ecuador's capital of Quito is gotten. Lava 3 was seen spewing down the mountainside but officials say it doesn't threaten any cities.
ORDS IN THE NEWS
1. parole board: n.
the people who decide if a prisoner should get permission to leave prison
2. hassle: n.
something that is annoying, because it causes problems or is difficult to do
3. spew: v.
When something spews out a substance or when a substance spews from something, the substance flows out quickly in large quantities.
- This colonnade will take you out of the palace and the game.这条柱廊将带你离开宫殿和游戏。
- The terrace was embraced by the two arms of the colonnade.平台由两排柱廊环抱。
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。