AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-14
时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月
1.In a reversal, the White House says President Barack Obama is fighting the release of photos showing the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the release poses a national security threat possibly endangering troops.
2.Astronauts on Space shuttle Atlantis captured the Hubble Space Telescope, grabbing it with a robotic arm. Astronauts now face five tough days of telescope repair, orbiting where there is space junk, putting the shuttle at risk.
3.Pope Benedict says he regrets Israel's construction of a barrier, walling off Palestinian areas in the West Bank. He said in a world where borders are being opened, it is tragic 1 to see walls still being erected 2.
4.Some light moments at today's White House briefing. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs getting tough on a reporter using a cellphone, confiscating 3 the device then throwing it in his office.
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。