AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-02)
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. Officials say a second earthquake hit Indonesia early today. The one-two punch toppling buildings and trapping thousands of people. The death toll 1 already tops 500 but is expected to go higher. Officials say at least 500 buildings collapsed 2 or were badly damaged. The shakers also severed 3 roads and cut off power.
2. Relief supplies are on the way to Samoa and American Samoa following the tsunami 4 that crashed into the islands. Damage is widespread across the South Pacific islands. Entire villages are gone. President Barack Obama has declared American Samoa a major disaster area.
3. The United States and five other world powers are meeting with Iran in Geneva to talk about Tehran's nuclear program. The US and its allies are expected to demand a freeze of all Iranian nuclear activities. A US official also says Washington is open to a rare one-on-one session with Iranian diplomats 5.
4. The pilots who successfully brought a US Airways 6 jet down in the Hudson return to the skies today. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles make their first flight together since then on the same route they were flying in January, from New York LaGuardia to Charlotte. Everyone aboard last winter's flight survived.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》