美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(三月)
1. Julio Acevedo surrendered to authorities in Pennsylvania Wednesday and is scheduled for an extradition 1 hearing Thursday. He is accused in a gruesome New York City car crash that killed a pair of expected parents. Their baby was delivered by C-section but later died.
2. The filibuster 2 is over. Senator Rand Paul's efforts to block confirmation 3 of John Brennan as CIA director lasted nearly 13 hours Wednesday, ending shortly after midnight. Paul says he wants reassurances 4 that drones won't be used to kill American terror suspects in the US.
3. North Korea is vowing 5 a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States. The harsh rhetoric 6 comes hours ahead of a Thursday vote by UN diplomats 7 on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
4. And the body of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is lying in state until Friday's funeral. Chavez died Tuesday following a battle with cancer.
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
- A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
- The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。
- 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。
- We have had some reassurances from the council that the building will be saved. 理事会保证会保留那座建筑，这使我们得到了些许安慰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Everybody's reassurances have encouraged me. 大家的勉励鼓舞了我。 来自辞典例句
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。