AP 2012-02-24
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(二月)
英语课
1. President Obama's campaign officials confirm the organization is looking through Republican Rick Santorum's background. The Obama campaign had been focusing most of its energy on Mitt 1 Romney.
2. An avalanche 2 killed three men on Sunday in an out-of-bounds area near a popular Washington State ski resort. The avalanche swept the three men down a canyon 3. A fourth skier 4 was caught in the slide but survived by using an airbag-like device to breathe under the snow.
3. Several inches of snow socked areas of the southeastern US Sunday. Hundreds of traffic accidents were reported, tens of thousands lost power.
4. And a helicopter and a small plane collided Sunday over Northern California between Oakland and Sacramento. Both pilots made emergency landings and were treated for minor 5 injuries.
1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
2 avalanche
n.雪崩，大量涌来
- They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
- Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
3 canyon
n.峡谷，溪谷
- The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
- The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。