AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-12
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.Oklahoma rescue crews are searching for survivors 1 after a series of deadly tornados 2. At least eight people have been killed, dozens were injured. The severe weather also caused power outages from Oklahoma City to western Texas.
2.Wall Street's leading bank CEOs are on Capitol Hill today. They are thanking Congress for the 160 billion dollars of bailout money they’ve received. But top members of a key House panel told the bankers they must win over a disgusted public and work with Congress.
3.Israel is in political limbo 3 today. Both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line leader Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in what is still a very tight race. Hard-line parties won a majority of the votes meaning that Netanyahu has more natural allies and a better chance of forming a coalition 4 government.
4.An agent for super star quarterback Brett Farve says his client is retiring. The 39-year-old won't return for a 19th season which would have been a second with the Jets. In an email to ESPN, Farve says he has no regret about ending his career in New York
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.limbo: n.
[singular, uncountable] a situation in which nothing happens or changes for a long period of time, and it is difficult to make decisions or know what to do, often because you are waiting for something else to happen first
2.hard-line: n.
having extreme political beliefs, and refusing to change them
- 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
- And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
- They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
- His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
- I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。