美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-25
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(九月)
英语课
1. The Washington Navy Yard has reopened for normal operations with returning employees saying they still feel unsettled after the shooting earlier this week in which a gunman killed 12 people.
2. Floods and landslides 1 swept across Mexico, killing 2 at least 97 people, not counting those missing in the remote mountain village of La Pintada on the outskirts 3 of Acapulco. Some 35,000 homes across the country were damaged or destroyed.
3. The Colorado National Guard says the motto is "no pets are left behind" as they evacuate 4 people from the raging floodwaters. Hundreds of pets have been ferried to safety with their owners via helicopter or rescued in ground operations.
4. Thousands of people lined the shores of Taiwan's largest harbor to cheer the arrival of a massive yellow rubber duck. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is taking his creation around the world to spread a massage 5 of happiness. It will be heading to the US soon.
1 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 outskirts
n.郊外，郊区
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。