AP 2011-08-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(八月)
英语课
1. Tourists have started evacuating 1 Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, the first test to see if people will get out of the way of potentially major Hurricane Irene. Forecasters say Irene could approach the U.S. as a monster Category-4 storm.
2. A 5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast caused some structural 2 damage with no major injuries. In D.C., the National Park Services has closed the Washington Monument till further notice after cracks were found near the top.
3. Moammar Gadhafi is out of the public eye but not staying quiet. In an audio carried by local TV, he called on residents of the Libyan capital to free Tripoli. The message comes a day after rebels stormed Gadhafi's fortress-like compound in the capital but found no sign of the longtime leader.
4. Dominique Strauss Kahn could get his passport back as soon as today. Now that he's been cleared to leave the United States. Yesterday, a New York judge dropped sexual assault charges against the former head of the International Monetary 3 Fund.
1 evacuating
撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空
- The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
- Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？
2 structural
adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的
- The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
- The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。