美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-04
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(一月)
英语课
1. They were up late on the phone, and Vice 1 President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell are expected to keep talking to avoid automatic tax increases and budget cuts set to go into effect with the New Year. But for now Republicans and Democrats 2 are still at an impasse 3.
2. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is at a New York hospital being treated for a blood clot 4. Doctors aren't saying where in her body it is, but Clinton developed the clot after sustaining a concussion 5 from a fall at home earlier this month.
3. Nine people are dead after a tour bus crashed on a rural highway in Oregon. The bus left the snow- and ice-covered interstate, crashing through a guardrail and going 100 feet down an embankment.
4. Hundreds of believers visited a market in Mexico City Sunday to buy good luck charms to bring fortune, love, and health in 2013. People latched 6 onto toy lambs, candles and red or yellow underwear in hopes of attracting good fortune.
1 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 impasse
n.僵局；死路
- The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
- Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。
4 clot
n.凝块；v.使凝成块
- Platelets are one of the components required to make blood clot.血小板是血液凝固的必须成分之一。
- The patient's blood refused to clot.病人的血液无法凝结。
5 concussion
n.脑震荡；震动
- He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
- She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。