AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-06-03
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(六)月
1. Supreme 1 Court Justice nominee 2 Sonia Sotomayor has been taking questions from those who will decide whether she'll sit on the bench. She was on Capitol Hill today, meeting with leaders from both parties. Democrats 3 want a quick confirmation 4 process but Republicans say there is no need to rush.
2. GM is said to be in an agreement to sell Hummer to a Chinese company. GM is working to sell off brands after wrapping itself in bankruptcy 5 protection. A source says Hummer would fall to an industrial company.
3. Brazilian military jets have located two areas of floating debris 6 that could be from the Air France flight that went missing Sunday. The debris is close to the path the plane would have been traveling. Officials say there are no signs of life.
4. It's not what you'd expect to see. And residents in one Wisconsin town stayed away as this bear enjoyed the view from a neighborhood tree. Officials decided 7 not to shoot it down but capture it once it came down on its own.
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
- We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。