AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-23
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十一)月
1. President George W Bush is warning against overcorrection--that is countries deal with the world economic crisis. Bush is in Lima to attend his 8th and final meeting of the 21-nation APEC forum 1.
2. Rocker Travis Barker is suing over a September plane crash that left four people dead. Barker wants more than 25,000 dollars in damages. The former Blink-182 drummer and celebrity 2 disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors 3 of the accident.
3. Zimbabwe has reportedly refused entry to Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and a South African human rights advocate. They were planning to assess the country's humanitarian 4 crisis. Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper says the three have been asked to "come at a later date" to accommodate the crop-planting season.
4. And watch as this brilliant fireball lights up the western Canada sky. Several people witnessed the meteor of many colors. No one has found any fragments, but experts say it's likely some fell in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. meteor: n.
A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space.
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。