AP 2012-05-26
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(五月)
英语课
1. A US Airways 1 flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina was diverted Bangor, Maine Tuesday after an apparently 2 mentally unstable 3 French passenger announced she had a surgically 4 implanted device. After the passenger was taken into custody 5, the flight was cleared to resume.
2. Joplin, Missouri is marking the one year anniversary of the deadly tornado 6 with memorial services for the victims and rebuilding efforts. Last year's tornado killed 161 people, and destroyed one third of the city.
3. Federal regulators told a Congressional panel Tuesday that they are reviewing what JP Morgan Chase told investors 7 about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a multi-billion dollar trading loss.
4. Joe Paterno's widow will be getting a State pension of 13.4 million dollars for a 61-year coaching career at Penn State. A family spokesman says Sue Paterno will get an initial payment of 10.1 million this month, with the rest to be paid out over the next two years.
1 AIRWAYS
航空公司
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
2 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
3 unstable
adj.不稳定的,易变的
- This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书。
- The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
4 surgically
adv. 外科手术上, 外科手术一般地
- Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
- To bypass this impediment an almost mature egg cell is removed surgically. 为了克服这一障碍,通过手术,取出一个差不多成熟的卵细胞。
5 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。