美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-10-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(十)月
This is AP news minute.
1. Hurricane Matthew's torrential rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina as the storm made its exit to sea. Thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. The death toll 1 in the U.S climbed to 16.
2. New York's governor says a work train and a commuter 2 train "side-swiped" one another, causing a derailment that injured 33 people Saturday night. Governor Andrew Cuomo says a train doing a maintenance works somehow violated the clearance 3 space of a Long Island railroad train.
3. The man being charged with killing 4 two Palm Spring Police officers Saturday and shooting a third could face the death penalty. Court records show 26-year old John Felix was a gay member who served time previously 5 for a failed murder plot.
4. And hours before the second presidential debate, Donald Trump 6 lashed 7 out the growing list of republicans that are abandoning his candidacy, calling them"Self-righteous hypocrites , and predicting they are the ones who will lose". The mass exodus 8 of support for Trump follows the release of a video in which he made lewd 9 remarks about women.
Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
- The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。
- 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 bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- 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。
- The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
- The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
- Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。