AP 2011-10-26
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(十月)
英语课
1. Rescuers are working into the night to try to find survivors 1 of an earthquake that struck Turkey Sunday. The 7.2 magnitude quake hit the eastern part of the country, killing 2 scores.
2. Libya's transitional leader has declared liberation of the country, that came three days after the death of its leader of four decades Moammar Gadhafi. Meanwhile, an autopsy 3 confirmed Gadhafi died of a gunshot wound to the head.
3. Nevada Republicans have decided 4 to shift the date of the state's presidential caucuses 5 back to February 4th. The move will allow New Hampshire to set its primary day which has been in question due to the timing 6 of the Nevada vote.
4. And France's first lady left Paris hospital with her newborn daughter. Julia was born Wednesday, the first to a sitting French president.
1 survivors
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
2 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
- 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。
3 autopsy
n.尸体解剖;尸检
- They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
- A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。