AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-30)
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)
1. The UN says Haiti's government has called off any more search and rescue efforts for survivors 1. Meanwhile, Saturday, mourners paid final respects to the capital's archbishop in a somber 2 ceremony that doubled as a symbolic 3 funeral for all of the dead.
2. Speaking from Baghdad, Vice 4 President Biden announced US will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater guards in the 2007 Baghdad shooting. He expressed his personal regret over the shooting that left 17 dead.
3. Britain raised its terror alert Friday to the second-highest level, meaning an attack is considered highly likely. However, the home secretary stresses there is no intelligence suggesting an attack is imminent 5.
4. The Marines wrapped up nearly seven years in Iraq Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal 6 of troops, as the U.S. turns its focus away from the war in Iraq to the one in Afghanistan.
- 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
- He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
- His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。