美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-14
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(十二)月
This is AP news minute.
1. Snow and freezing rain made for a messy commute 1 and closed hundreds of schools Monday as a winter storm pushed eastward 2. From New England to Detroit, snow packed roads canceled schools as residents dug out from their homes.
2. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell says that Russians are not our friends, condemning 3 Russia's hacking 5 of the democratic national committee, and saying senate intelligence committee will investigate. McConnell made remarks as President-elect Donald Trump 6 continues to downplay the CIA's confidential 7 assessment 8 of the Russian hack 4.
3. Antonio Guterres on Monday addressed the general assembly after being sworn in as secretary of state of United Nations. The former U.N refugee chief takes over from Ban Ki-moon on January,1st.
4. And the moose stranded 9 in a partly frozen river in New Brunswick was rescued by Canadian firefighters. Fire department officials say the moose was led ashore 10, climbed the bank itself and left on its own.
Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
- The river here tends eastward.这条河从这里向东流。
- The crowd is heading eastward,believing that they can find gold there.人群正在向东移去，他们认为在那里可以找到黄金。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
- Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
- We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。