AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(八)月
1.After hitting Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Tropical Storm Gustav is heading toward Cuba. It then appears to be on track for the Gulf 1 Coast, including Louisiana where Hurricane Katrina struck three years ago. Forecasters expect Gustav to turn back into a hurricane that could reach Category 3 strength.
2.Democrats 2 are expected to formally deliver the party's presidential nomination 3 to Barack Obama tonight.That will make Obama the first black nominee 4 of a major party. Also tonight, vice 5 presidential pick Joe Biden and former President Clinton are addressing the convention.
3.A North Carolina mom remains 6 in the hospital after spending five days in a ravine. Amber 7 Pennell was found in a wreckage 8 of her pickup 9 truck Monday night. She told her husband she clung to life for the sake of their two young children.
4.And talk about a food fight. Spanish revelers pelted 11 each other with more than 100 tons of ripe tomatoes.The ritual dates back to the 1940s.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1.deliver vt.
to bring (as votes) to the support of a candidate or cause
2.address vt.
to speak or write directly to; especially : to deliver a formal speech to
3.ravine n.
a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon 12 and that is usually worn by running water
4.reveler n.one who engages in revelry
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- 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》
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
- This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
- The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
- Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.人群开始向警车扔石块。