AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-24)
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. President Barack Obama says financial industry lobbyists have failed in their attempt to block a major Wall Street reform bill from coming to a vote. Obama heralded 1 a breakthrough for his domestic agenda as the Senate cleared the way for final passage of financial regulation bill.
2. The White House is asking BP to publicly disclose more information about the Gulf 2 oil spill, including measurements of the size of the leak and air quality. A live video availably posted online shows what appears to be a large plume 3 of oil and gas still spewing next to that’s carrying some of it to the surface.
3. Authorities say two Arkansas police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop and a short time later, the suspects were killed in a shootout with a sheriff and deputy.
4. Lance Armstrong has denied allegations made by disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis. Landis has admitted to a systematic 4 use of performance-enhancing drugs and accused Armstrong of paying international cycling officials to cover up a positive test in emails obtained by the Associated Press.
- The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
- He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。
- The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
- The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。