AP 2011-10-27
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 in eastern Turkey are searching among crumbled 1 buildings after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. News reports say at least 4 survivors 2 were pulled from a collapsed 3 six-story building after a man managed to call police on his cell phone. At least 270 people have died.
2. A report from a government watchdog warns that a state department program to train Iraqi police lacks focus and could become a "bottomless pit" of American money. The findings by the US Special Inspector 4 General for Iraq Reconstruction 5 paints a generally harsh picture of what is supposed to be the state department's flagship program in Iraq.
3. President Obama takes the push for his jobs bill to Las Vegas today. Nevada has the nation's highest unemployment rate, 13.4%. He'll latter attend campaign events in California.
4. And a lucky landing for a pilot in southern Virginia. He managed to land his four-seater Cessna on a highway when he couldn't get back to the airport, despite the plane's nose landing gear not working properly. The pilot walked away unhurt.
1 crumbled
(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏
- He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
- Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了,我们的希望也破灭了。
2 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
3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
4 inspector
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
5 reconstruction
n.重建,再现,复原
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。