AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-17)
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. There could be some unexpectedly good news for drivers this summer. Experts predict gas prices will actually fall as Memorial Day approaches, instead of the usual steady climb. Drivers can thank rising supplies and concerns about the global economy for keeping prices down.
2. A new poll finds the Gulf 1 of Mexico oil spill hasn't stained President Barack Obama. An AP poll found 42% support the president’s actions, while 33% disapprove 2. The poll found that BP, the company that owns the well, is getting most of the public’s ire.
3. Doctors are having trouble explaining how a ten-year-old Dutch boy survived a plane crash yesterday in Libya. The boy was the only survivor 3. One hundred three people died as the jetliner crashed just minutes before landing. The boy had to undergo surgery for multiple fractures in both legs. But doctors say he is out of danger.
4. The largest drug store in the US says it is holding off selling genetic 4 testing kits 5. Walgreens was expected to have the test on store shelves later this month. But the store has decided 6 to pull the kits after the Food and Drug Administration raised concerns with the kits' manufacturer.
- 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。
- I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
- She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员,但她的父母不赞成。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
- Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。