AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-28
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. Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tells the Associated Press he did nothing wrong and deserves a fair trial. Blagojevich is still refusing to be there or mount a defense 1 at his impeachment 2 trial. Illinois state senators could vote to oust 3 him within a matter of days.
2. Winter weather is coating ice and snow on roads from the Plains to the mid-Atlantic states. Thousands of schools and businesses are closed as power lines freeze. At least seven deaths are blamed on the severe weather.
3. Violence flaring 4 up again in Gaza. Palestinian militants 5 detonated a bomb near an Israeli army patrol, killing 6 one soldier. Israeli soldiers briefly 7 crossed the border in search of the attackers. Hamas says one of its militants was wounded in an Israeli airstrike.
4. Doctors say the octuplets born to a Southern California mother are stable and breathing on their own. The mother whose name isn't being released gave birth by C-section to six boys and two girls.They were premature 8 and weighed between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. mount: v.
to plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action
2. oust: v.
If someone is ousted 9 from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it.
If violence or an illness flares 11 up, it suddenly starts or gets worse.
4. detonate: v.
If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
5. octuplets: n. 八胞胎
6. C-section: 【美】【口】剖腹产
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
- The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。
- A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
- Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- 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。
- It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
- The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。