美联社新闻一分钟 2008-04-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月
2. Dozens of people are still unaccounted for after a fast-moving fire destroyed an apartment complex in Norwich, Connecticut. And another 150 are now homeless. That's after firefighters arrived at about 1:30 a.m. to find flames engulfing 5 the buildings.
3. Miles of San Diego County beaches remain closed to swimmers after a deadly shark attack. Authorities believe a great white lifted triathlete David Martin out of the water with his legs in its jaws 6 yesterday. It was the first shark fatality 7 in San Diego County since 1994.
4. An estimated 10,000 people crowded into Christianity's most holy shrine 9 to celebrate the Orthodox Christian 8 ‘holy fire’ ritual. Christians 10 believe Jesus Christ was buried where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands in Jerusalem.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. engulf 4: v
to surround or to cover sb/sth completely
2. great white: n. 大白鲨
great white shark
3. triathlete: n.
someone who takes part in triathlon, which is an athletic 11 event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances.
4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre: n 圣墓大教堂
- It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
- Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
- Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
- Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
- If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。
- A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了，使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句
- The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
- The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
- She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
- He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。