AP 2011-06-24
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(六月)
1. Women who sued Wal-Mart, alleging 1 sex discrimination, are vowing 2 to push ahead with their claims, despite a setback 3 in the Supreme 4 Court. By a Five-four vote, the justices said there were too many women in too many jobs of Wal-Mart to wrap into one-class action lawsuit 5.
2. NATO is now confirming that it carried out an airstrike west of Tripoli early Monday. Libya’s government says the bombing attack destroyed a large family compound that belongs to a close associate of Muammar Gadhafi. And at least 15 people were killed.
3. Syria's president is promising 6 a national dialogue to consider political reforms. But his vague commitment to a pro-democracy uprising fell flat as protesters took to the street, demanding his ouster. President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the unrest in his country on saboteurs.
4. Jackass star Ryan Dunn, who along with his TV Show cast mates made Americans cringe and snicker at vulgar stunts 7, was killed early Monday in a fiery 8 car crash. He was 34.
- His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
- This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
- 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。
- Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
- She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。