AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-27)
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(四月)
1. A powerful storm moving across the southeastern part of the nation has packed a punch in west-central Mississippi. Officials say a tornado 1 touched down Saturday in at least three counties, damaging buildings, uprooting 2 trees and causing injuries.
2. Civil rights advocates are vowing 3 to fight Arizona's tough new law targeting illegal immigration. It requires police to ask people about their immigration status if there is reason to believe they are in the country illegally.
3. Airlines are appealing to passengers to give up their seats to travelers stranded 4 by the ash cloud that spewed from Iceland's volcano. Carriers across Europe are trying to clear a backlog 5 of thousands of tourists grounded by the crisis.
4. Like a Key lime pie? Key West was the place to be Friday. A gargantuan 6 Key lime pie measuring seven feet in diameter and 450 pounds was prepared for the island's annual independence celebration, which marks the Key's 1982 mock secession from America.
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
- A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
- Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。
- My gargantuan,pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire,and that was all.我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏，就这些。
- Right away,I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误。