AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-29)
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)
1. The U.S. has been eliminated from the World Cup after losing to Ghana 2-1 in overtime 1. U.S. came back from a 1-0 deficit 2 with a penalty kick by Landon Donovan but they couldn’t come back after Ghana scored three minutes into overtime.
2. Steady rain has been dampening protests at the G20 summit in Toronto. Organizers were hoping to draw a crowd of about 10,000 to today’s demonstration 3, but only about half that turned out.
3. President Barack Obama and other G8 leaders are agreeing on the need to confront Iran and North Korea. At their summit in Toronto, they criticized Iran for its lack of transparency on its nuclear activities and its human rights record. And they condemned 4 North Korea for allegedly torpedoing 5 a South Korean warship 6 in March.
4. The Coast Guard is keeping a close watch on tropical storm Alex as efforts continue to stop the gushing 7 oil well in the Gulf 8 of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says the storm does not appear to be on a track to hit the oil spill, but it’s too early to say for sure.
- They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
- He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
- The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。