AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-09)
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十)月
1. At least a dozen people are dead after a powerful car bomb went off in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The blast destroyed vehicles and blew in the walls of shops. A hospital official says at least 84 people were wounded.
2. Thousands of panic South Pacific islanders took no chances this morning, heading for higher ground after three earthquakes triggered a tsunami 1 warning, turns out the quake generated only a small tsunami and the warning was soon lifted.
3. Day won the major baseball playoffs worked out well for the home teams all three one. The Phillies started the day by beating the Rockies. The Yankees followed suit by topping the Twins and the Dodgers 2 capped the night by defeating the Cardinals 3. The Red Sox start their division series of the Angles tonight.
4. It was a night to real star power at the White House. The president and first lady invited about 150 middle school students to a stargazing party on the South Lawn. Astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemisonall all attended the event. It marked the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescoping observations of Jupiter.
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
- But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句