AP 2009-09-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月
1.The world's largest test of AIDS vaccine 1 is being hailed as a breakthrough because it's the first time an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the virus. Researchers in Thailand say the vaccine cuts the risk of being infected with HIV by almost a third.
2.President Barack Obama becomes the first US President to chair a summit-level meeting of the UN Security Council today. A unanimous vote is expected on a call for a global reduction in nuclear weapons. From the UN, the president travels to Pittsburgh for the start of the G20 summit.
3.Authorities in Kentucky are investigating whether a census 3 worker's job may have contributed to his death. Bill Sparkman was found hanged from a tree, the word 'fed" scrawled 4 across his chest. The FBI is now investigating whether Sparkman was a victim of anti-government sentiment.
4.Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is expected to announce an interim 5 successor to Senator Ted 2 Kennedy today. The temp will serve in the Senate until Massachusetts voters elect a permanent replacement 6 in January. Senator Kennedy's sons have pushed for the governor to appoint former Democratic Party Chairman Paul Kirk.
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
- 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。
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
- I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
- Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。