美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-3-12
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(三)月
英语课
1. Republicans and democrats 1 are going to the polls in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday, both states holding the presidential primaries. Republicans are also voting in primaries in Idaho and Hawaii.
2. Authorities in central California say a commuter 2 train hit a fallen tree and derailed on Monday night. The front train car went into a rain-swollen creek 3. 9 people were hurt.
3. The governor of Rio De Janeiro says the city's new subway line will be ready in time for the Olympic this summer. There are concerns that Brazil's economic crisis will leave insufficient 4 funds to the project.
4. And Nancy Reagan's funeral is set for Friday. The former first lady will lie in repose 5 at the Reagan presidential library in Mini Valley, California on Wednesday and Thursday.
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
- 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。
n.小溪，小河，小湾
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的
- There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
- In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。