美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月
1. Seven people are now dead after a devastating 1 tornado 2 struck Iowa on Sunday. Around the hard-hit area of Parkersburg people are trying to recover what they can. Officials say a total of 350 homes were destroyed, more than 200 just in Parkersburg.
2. John McCain says both Republicans and Democrats 3 haven't been doing enough to control the spread of nuclear weapons. The Arizona Republican says he favors an approach that doesn't rely too heavily on direct talks or military force.
3. More international aid is finally on the way to victims of Myanmar's cyclone 4. Officials say foreign workers have begun entering the country's hard-hit delta 5 area after being blocked for weeks by the military junta 6. Officials now put the death toll 7 at about 78,000.
4. NASA says fresh images from the Phoenix 8 Mars Lander show most of its science instruments are in good shape. The one snag on the lander happened when the protective sheath around the robotic arm didn't unwrap all the way after touchdown.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. hard-hit: adj.
Badly or adversely 9 affected 10.
2. junta: n.
A junta is a military government that has taken power by force, and not through elections.
3. snag: n.
A snag is a small problem or disadvantage.
4. sheath: n.
A protective covering that fits closely around something.
5. all the way:
= completely.
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- 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。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。
- A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。