AP 2011-09-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(九月)
英语课
1 Fire officials say sparks from power lines likely started the blaze that became the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. The blaze started near Bastrop on Sep.4th. It destroyed more than 1500 homes and killed two people.
2 A lawyer for a Maryland man detained in Aruba is criticizing prosecutors 1' re-enactment of the purported 2 drowning of his client's travel partner. The lawyer says it is one-sided because authorities ingored some statements made by Gary Giordano about what happened to Robyn Gardner.
3 A powerful typhoon buffeted 3 Tokyo with strong winds of rain as it barreled toward Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast. Authorities told more than a million people to evacuate 4 to eastern and central parts of the country.
4 An emperor penguin 5 born without any fur has survived its first month. Thanks to special care by staff of Chinese aquarium 6. The staff rescued the penguin after its parents abandoned it at birth.
1 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。
2 purported
adj.传说的，谣传的v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )
- the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
- The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 buffeted
反复敲打( buffet的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续猛击； 打来打去； 推来搡去
- to be buffeted by the wind 被风吹得左右摇摆
- We were buffeted by the wind and the rain. 我们遭到风雨的袭击。
4 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。