AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-30
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. "Outrageous 1." That's President Barack Obama's one-word reaction to a report that Wall Street employees got more than 18 billion dollars in bonuses last year. Obama has said financial companies that have accepted federal bailout money should limit bonus pay.
2. In a 47-minute speech, the Illinois senator, Gov. Rod Blagojevich insisted he has done nothing wrong and shouldn't be removed from office. He says FBI wiretaps from a federal corruption 2 probe captured something "everyone in politics does in order to run campaigns and win elections."
3. Authorities say three boys aged 3 15 and under were killed when they fled police in a car at speeds up to 90 miles an hour and then crashed into a house. California Highway patrol officials say an officer pulled the car over for running a red light Wednesday evening in Fontana, but the driver sped off.
4. Mount Redoubt continues to rumble 4 and simmer, prompting geologists 5 to say this Alaska volcano could erupt within days. Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory 6 have been monitoring activity around the clock since the weekend.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. outrageous: adj.
If you describe something as outrageous, you are emphasizing that it is unacceptable or very shocking.
2. wiretap: v.&n.
If someone wiretaps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations.
3. pull over: phr v.
If the police pull over a driver or vehicle, they make the driver stop at the side of the road, usually because the driver has been driving dangerously.
4. rumble: v.
to make a series of long low sounds, especially a long distance away from you
5. simmer: v.
to boil gently
- Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
- Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
- 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。
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
- I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
- We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。
- Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
- Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。
- Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
- Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。