AP 2012-05-25
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. President Obama visited Joplin, Missouri one year after a tornado 1 devastated 2 that town. The President spoke 3 at a high school graduation and urged students to remember the lessons they've learned in overcoming adversity.
2. A 21-year-old man is under arrest in Northern California in connection with the abduction of a 15-year-old girl. Antolin Garcia-Torres was booked on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Sierra LaMar was last seen in March.
3. Authorities in western New York State say the man who plunged 4 over Niagara Falls was trying to commit suicide. The man, who was not identified, is only the third person known to have gone over the falls and live.
4. And the first ever commercial rocket is bringing supplies to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 5 9 rocket blasted off in Florida early Tuesday.
1 tornado
n.飓风，龙卷风
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
2 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
3 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。