美联社新闻一分钟 2008-03-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(三)月
1. The president's chief economic adviser 1 calls the tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses paid out by AIG "outrageous 2". Larry Summers says these kinds of bonus payments should be a matter of future regulations. AIG has gotten more than 170 billion dollars in a public bailout.
2. An anti-government protest in Pakistan that initially 3 turned violent has become a jubilant show of force against the country's pro-Western president. Opposition 4 leader Nawaz Sharif calls it "a prelude 5 to a revolution". He made it to the rally by defying an order for his house arrest.
3. Police in Miami say a man shot four people to death at a family gathering 6 early Sunday then went home and killed himself. Authorities say the man may have been upset because his wife had left him.
4. Three people were arrested and six others hurt after a bedlam 7 broke out while they waited to audition 8 for "America's Next Top Model". Police don't know what prompted the chaos 9 involving hundreds of people outside the Park Central New York Hotel in Manhattan.
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
- Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
- 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。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
- The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- He is causing bedlam at the hotel.他正搅得旅馆鸡犬不宁。
- When the teacher was called away the classroom was a regular bedlam.当老师被叫走的时候，教室便喧闹不堪。
- I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
- At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。