美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-12-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(十二月)
英语课
1. Health and human devices secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel the sign-up trend for president Obama's health-care initiative is turning positive. She said the number of people who signed up for private insurance coverage 1 was three times higher in November than it was in October.
2. The Asiana airline pilot whose jetliner crashed in San Francisco last summer told investigators 2 he was very concerned about trying a visual approach to the airport without the runway's instrument landing aids, which were out of service due to construction.
3. Vice-president Joe Biden said former South African president Nelson Mandela taught the world that trust, justice and reconciliation 3 are possible and that change can come. He made the remarks during a memorial service at Washington's national Cathedral, attended by members of congress, civil rights leaders and others.
4. Time magazine has selected Pope Francs as its person of the year, saying he has changed the perception of the Catholic Church in an extraordinary way since becoming Pope last March.
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.和解，和谐，一致
- He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
- Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。