AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-09
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1. Lebanon's prime minister has condemned 1 rocket attacks on Israel from his country as well as retaliation 2 by the Jewish state. The brief exchange was the first since Israel launched an offensive against the militant 3 group Hamas in Gaza. That offensive is now on its 13th day with no let-up in sight.
2. Hundreds of people took part in protests following the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit 4 police officer in Oakland, California. Protesters are calling for criminal charges to be filed against the officer. Wednesday's protests led to the arrests of at least 15 people.
3. The Secret Service says there will be unprecedented 5 security for the inauguration 6 of President-elect Barack Obama. Bridges from Virginia into Washington will be closed to cars as well more than three square miles of downtown Washington. The security perimeter 7 covers more of the capital than previous inaugurations 8.
4. Tonight, the college football season comes to an end. The BCS championship game will be played in Miami between the Oklahoma Sooners and Florida Gators. Each team enters the game with just one loss.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. let-up: n.
when something unpleasant stops or becomes less difficult, severe etc
2. perimeter: n.
The perimeter of an area of land is the whole of its outer edge or boundary.
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
- Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
- The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
- Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。