AP 2012-01-30
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)
英语课
1. The second wife of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is speaking up. ABC News says it will air an interview with Marianne Gingrich tonight. That will come just two days before her ex-husband competes in the South Carolina primary.
2. Divers 1 in Italy have resumed their search for 21 people still missing in the cruise ship wreck 2. The search was interrupted when rough seas shifted the ship on the rocks.
3. Travel is expected to be treacherous 3 in the Pacific Northwest after some places got nearly a foot of snow. Hundreds of accidents are reported. Thousands of homes and businesses are without power.
4. Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 4 protection. The 131-year-old company was a pioneer in photography but has struggled to keep up with technology.
1 divers
adj.不同的;种种的
- He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
- Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
2 wreck
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
3 treacherous
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的
- The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
- The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
4 bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。