AP 2011-10-28
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. It's the first in a series of steps being outlined this week by President Barack Obama in hopes of jumpstarting the economy. He's in Las Vegas announcing new rules to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages.
2. Five people have been pulled alive from the rubble 1 a day after a deadly earthquake in eastern Turkey. One man's call from his cell phone led to the rescue of four of them, including two children. The quake left more than 270 people dead and trapped dozens more.
3. A spokesman for the fighters holding Moammar Gadhafi's body says he will probably be buried on Tuesday in an unmarked grave in a secret location. Meantime, the country's interim 2 leader has promised to investigate how the longtime dictator was captured alive, and then killed a short time later.
4. And prosecutors 3 have rested their case against the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death. Defense 4 attorneys quickly called their first witness, the first of 15 expected over the next few days.
1 rubble
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后,花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
2 interim
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。