AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-12
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. President Barack Obama predicts Congress will pass his sweeping 1 health care overhaul 2 this fall. Some opponents say an overhaul will result in a government-run system where people are denied care. Obama spoke 3 at a news conference following his summit with Mexican and Canadian leaders.
2. Divers 4 in the Hudson River have found the wreckage 5 of a small plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter, killing 6 nine people. Police say the wreckage is found at about 60 feet of water in the middle of the river, indicating currents have moved it.
3. Hawaii is bracing 7 for Tropical Storm Felicia. The storm's packing 45-mile-per-hour winds as it approaches the islands. A forecast has expected it to weaken further before arriving tomorrow.
4. A beached mother whale has died near Miami and rescuers are trying to save her baby. Beach-goers spotted 8 the whales and tried to steer 9 them out to sea. The baby apparently 10 followed its mother to shore.
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
- Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
- The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
- If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
- It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。