AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-12
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. Israel's chief military spokesman says the army has begun sending reserve units into the Gaza Strip. It's a strong signal that Israel is entering a new phase of its 16-day offensive against Hamas.
2. More than 250 people are feared dead after a ferry capsized in a severe storm and crashing waves in central Indonesia today. Eighteen survivors 1 were rescued by fishing boats.
3. The man who gained fame during the 2008 presidential election as "Joe the Plumber 2" is in Israel, working as a rookie war correspondent. Samuel Wurzelbacher was in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Sunday to tell readers of a conservative website about the rockets that rain down from the neighbouring Gaza Strip.
4. And Washington is getting ready for the presidential inauguration 3, holding a rehearsal 4 today. A band played "Hail to the Chief" at the west front of the Capitol for a mock swearing-in ceremony, and thousands marched along the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rain down: phr v.
to fall in large quantities
2. march: v.
if soldiers or other people march somewhere, they walk there quickly with firm regular steps
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
- The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。
- 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。