美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-30
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. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled 1 the Los Angeles area just before noon local time. The quake was centered in San Bernardino County, about 29 miles east-southeast of downtown LA. It was felt to the south in San Diego and it was also slightly felt in Las Vegas 270 miles away. There have been no reports of injury or serious damage.
2. The longest-serving Republican in the Senate has been indicted 3 on seven federal counts of failing to disclose gifts from a powerful oil services company. The Justice Department says Ted 4 Stevens of Alaska received more than a quarter of a million dollars in gifts and services. Much of it went to renovate 5 his vacation home.
3. Former NBA ref Tim Donaghy has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars. He pleaded guilty last year to taking payoffs from a professional gambler for inside tips on games. Commissioner 6 David Stern denies Donaghy's claim that corruption 7 among referees 8 goes beyond him.
4. A US-based security group has released a video said to be from a group threatening terrorism against China. The threats come just more than a week before the opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. China has readied the largest security force in Olympic history.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
to officially charge someone with a criminal offence.
2. behind bars:
Informal. In prison
3. payoff: n.
A payoff is a payment which is made to someone, often secretly or illegally, so that they will not cause trouble.
4. commissioner: n.
someone who is officially in charge of a government department in some countries.
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
- I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
- They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。