AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-02
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月
1. Five days after a devastating 1 ice storm hit Kentucky, almost a half million residents are still without power. Governor Beshear has deployed 2 Kentucky's Army National Guard and part of the Air Guard. But authorities warned it could be days or even weeks before power is restored in the most remote spots.
2. Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged regrettable behavior and bad judgement. That's after a photo in a British newspaper showed him inhaling 3 from a marijuana pipe. Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games last August.
3. More than 100 people are dead in Kenya after a fuel truck exploded, another 200 were injured in the accident. The tanker 4 truck had initially 5 overturned, but as people rushed to the scene to scoop 6 up free fuel, the truck blew up.
4. And a new patriarch has taken charge of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan 7 Kirill is the first leader of the world's largest Orthodox church to take office after the fall of the Soviet 8 Union.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. marijuana: n. 大麻
2. scoop up: phr v.
if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。 来自辞典例句
- The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。 来自互联网
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
- Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。
- Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
- Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。