AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-08
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1.Roland Burris is scheduled to meet with Senate Democratic leader Harry 1 Reid today. He was turned away from Capitol Hill yesterday after his appointment by the embattled governor of Illinois to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. Senate officials in both parties now predict the political drama will end with Burris being seated.
2.The Israeli military says it will briefly 2 halt operations in Gaza for a few hours a day to allow in humanitarian 3 aid and fuel. Israel is coming under increasing criticism since a mortar 4 strike killed 39 Palestinians near a U.N. school.
3.Aviation experts say strong crosswinds were a likely factor in last month's plane accident in Denver. The Continental 5 jet veered 6 off the runway, injuring 38 people. Officials still think mechanical or human error may also have been a factor.
4.Hundreds of Chinese polar bear swimmers took a plunge 7 in an ice pool Tuesday. The two-day contest attracts swimmers from all over the country to the northeast region where it's especially cold this time of year. The event is popular with Chinese retirees for its supposed health benefits.
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- 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。
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
- The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。