AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-26
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. The Democratic National Convention is now underway in Denver, with Michelle Obama headlining tonight's opening session. Her speech will humanize Barack Obama as a family man while she tries to show up her critics. Senator Ted 1 Kennedy is also expected to make an appearance tonight.
2. Tropical Storm Fay may be gone. But heavy rain and wind are still hitting large parts of the South. The rain comes as relief to some farmers suffering from drought conditions in Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana and Tennessee. In Florida, some residents have started to clean up as water slowly recedes 2.
3. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Jerusalem on her seventh trip to the Middle East since peace talks’ relaunch last year. Hours before her arrival, Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians in a goodwill 3 gesture aimed at helping 4 in the upcoming round of peace talks between the two. Rice wants a peace deal by the end of the year.
4. During her new Sticky & Sweet Tour that kicked off this weekend, Madonna showed pictures grouping John McCain with Hitler, while other pictures seemed to link Barack Obama to Mahatma Gandhi. Her song called "Get Stupid" was performed to 40, 000 fans in Cardiff, Wales.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. show up: v.
If someone or something shows you up, they make you feel embarrassed or ashamed of them.
2. goodwill: n.
Goodwill is a friendly or helpful attitude towards other people, countries, or organizations.
- 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。
- For this reason the near point gradually recedes as one grows older. 由于这个原因，随着人渐渐变老，近点便逐渐后退。 来自辞典例句
- Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness. 缄默的、悲哀的、被抛弃的、支离破碎的捷克斯洛伐克，已在黑暗之中。 来自辞典例句