时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(九月)


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 1. The military's 18-year ban on homosexual serving openly is over. The policy known as “Don't ask, Don't tell” was officially repealed 1 at midnight. Gay rights groups are planning celebrations throughout the country today.
 
 
 
2. An explosion in Turkey's capital has left at least three people dead. At least 15 others were hurt when a suspected car bomb went off across from a secondary school in Ankara. Turkey’s interior minister says it was likely a terrorist attack.
 
 
 
3. Four earthquakes struck the southeastern part of Guatemala on Monday, leaving one person dead and three others missing. The series of quakes happened in less than two hours and some of them were followed by strong aftershocks. The epicenter was located just 30 miles southeast of the capital.
 
 
 
4. And NASA expects a dead satellite to fall to Earth within the next few days. The agency says the 20-year-old satellite will break up into pieces, but the odds 2 of someone being hit by the debris 3 are extremely small.

1 repealed
撤销,废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The Labour Party repealed the Act. 工党废除了那项法令。
  • The legislature repealed the unpopular Rent Act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。
2 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
3 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
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