美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-28
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)
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Forecasters say hurricane conditions could reach as far as New Orleans in the coming days. That as wind and rain from tropical storm Isaac reaches south Florida. The storm killed at least seven people in Haiti.
Republican party officials are scrambling 1 to revise the schedule for their convention in Tampa because of Isaac. Meanwhile, protest organizers are hoping storm threats won't stop its supporters from setting up in this camp near the convention site.
Former Florida governor Charlie Crist is endorsing 2 President Barack Obama. In an Op-Ed piece in Today's Tampa Day Times, the Ex-Republican says he thinks Obama is the right leader for the nation. Crist is currently registered as an independent.
Mark Sanford says he is engaged to the Argentine woman he had an affair with when he was governor of South Carolina. Sanford disappeared for several days in 2009. Reporters were told he was on a hiking trip. The married father of four later admitted he was in Argentina with his now fiancee.
1 scrambling
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
- Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发,冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 endorsing
v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
- Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过,共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
- Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网