美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-29
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(一)月
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Thousands on the eastern seaboard emerged to a sunny winter's day following a mammoth 1 snowstorm that dropped near-record snowfall across several major US cities Saturday. The number of death blamed on the storm had reached at least 29.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled 2 southcentral Alaska early Sunday, knocking items off shelves and walls and leaving residents startled in the quake-prone region. No injuries were reported however 4 homes in Kenai were lost to explosions or fire.
Malaysian authorities caution against spectulation that a large chunk 3 of metal that washed ashore 4 in southern Tailand belonged to a Malaysian Airline's flight that went missing nearly 2 years ago. Flight MH370 lost communications before making a short turn away from its Beijing destination when it disappeared in March, 2014.
And just as officials worked together to get their cities back to normal by the new week, locals took advantage of the fresh powder for some snow day fun. Some even going as far as planning corrdinated snowball fights and slidding down the Lincoln Memorial.
Venessa Alvarez, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 mammoth
n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的
- You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
- Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
2 rattled
慌乱的，恼火的
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。