AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-14
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月
1.U.S. Marines are staging a major assault on a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan. US, NATO and Afghan troops are working to protect voting sites around this country ahead of next week's presidential election. Taliban militants 1 have vowed 2 to disrupt the ballot 3.
2.President Barack Obama will continue his push for health care reform at two more town hall meetings later this week. Yesterday the President held a town hall meeting in New Hampshire where he tried to dispel 4 what he called "wild misrepresentations of his plan".
3.Police say there's no way to know for sure how many people remain buried under a mudslide that struck a Taiwan village over the weekend. The mudslide was caused by a Typhoon that damaged or destroyed more than 10,000 homes.
4.Police in English continue to search for two suspected robbers accused of pulling off a Jewelry 5 heist worth more than 40 million dollars. Thursday's robbery was among the biggest heists in British history. The armed men allegedly stole dozen high-end rings, bracelets 6 and necklaces.
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.我试图消除她的疑虑，但没有成功。
- We hope the programme will dispel certain misconceptions about the disease.我们希望这个节目能消除对这种疾病的一些误解。
- The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
- Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。