美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-29
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(七)月
1. Iraqi police say at least 57 people are dead and nearly 300 wounded after two separate suicide attacks. Authorities say three women were among a group of pilgrims when they blew themselves up in Baghdad. Officials also say a woman may be responsible for a second attack in the northern part of the country.
2. The blaze near a western entrance to Yosemite National Park has charred 1 more than 26,000 acres and destroyed twelve homes since Friday. Even so, park officials say they are expecting to see thousands of visitors coming back in the next few days.
3. Gymnast Paul Hamm won't be going to Beijing after all. The reigning 2 Olympic gold medalist announced he's withdrawing from the US team. He says his broken right hand is not sufficiently 3 healthy enough for him to compete.
4. Police say this man may have been trying to cover the alcohol on his breath by drinking Wite-Out. He was caught on camera between interrogations taking sips 5 of the liquid. The plan didn't quite work, though. Police say his blood alcohol level still measured three and a half times the legal limit.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. blow up: v.
If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
2. Yosemite National Park: 优诗美地国家公园
a national park in California, US, famous for its beautiful lakes, waterfalls, and large redwood trees.
3. Wite-Out:
Wite-Out is a trademark 6 for a line of correction fluid (修正液) manufactured by the French corporation BIC.
A sip is a small amount of drink that you take into your mouth.
- the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
- The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
- Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。
- It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
- The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
- She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
- Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
- You must administer them slowly, allowing the child to swallow between sips. 你应慢慢给药，使小儿在吸吮之间有充分的时间吞咽。 来自辞典例句
- Emission standards applicable to preexisting stationary sources appear in state implementation plans (SIPs). 在《州实施计划》中出现了固定污染的排放标准。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法