AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-06-30
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(六)月
1.Wall Street investor 1 Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme. The victims who lost millions of dollars urged a stiff sentence. The 71-year-old financier says he will live with pain and torment 2 for the rest of his life.
2.A group of white firefighters won their reverse discrimination case against New Haven 3, Connecticut. The Supreme 4 Court says they were unfairly denied promotions 5 because of their race. The city said it was only trying to avoid a lawsuit 6 for minorities.
3.Michael Jackson's mother has been given temporary guardianship 7 of the singer's three children. Court documents say she doesn't know where to find the mother of Jackson's two oldest children. She and the children are maintaining a low profile at the Jackson family home in California.
4.The Honduran army ousted 8 the country's democratically elected president and Congress named a successor. Latin-America's leaders are holding emergency talks in Nicaragua, hoping to restore Manuel Zelaya to power.
- My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
- The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
- He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
- Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
- He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
- They had to employ the English language in face of the jealous guardianship of Britain. 他们不得不在英国疑忌重重的监护下使用英文。
- You want Marion to set aside her legal guardianship and give you Honoria. 你要马丽恩放弃她的法定监护人资格，把霍诺丽娅交给你。