AP 2011-05-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. Emergency crews continue to sift 1 through the wreckage 2 of Joplin, Missouri after a tornado 3 flattened 4 part of the town. Dozens of people were killed, including at least four people at the city's hospital. About 2,000 buildings were damaged.
2. Tim Pawlenty has officially jumped into the 2012 presidential race. Pawlenty made the announcement today in Des Moines, Iowa. The former Minnesota governor accused President Barack Obama of (quote) "not telling the truth" about the country's fiscal 5 situation.
3. President Obama was in Ireland. Today he visited the small town of Moneygall where his great-great-grandfather once worked as a shoemaker. Obama also had a taste of Guinness beer. He later delivered a speech to thousands in Dublin.
4. And the president will not be able to spend the night in Ireland due to the eruption 6 of a volcano in Iceland. Winds are blowing a dense 7 cloud of ash toward Scotland. Some flights are being impacted.
- Sift out the wheat from the chaff.把小麦的壳筛出来。
- Sift sugar on top of the cake.在蛋糕上面撒上糖。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
- I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。