美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-11-26
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十一)月
This is AP news minute.
1. President-elect Donald Trump 1 is expected to tap billionaire investor 2 Wilbur Ross as his commerce secretary. That's according to a senior transition official. Ross is considered as the king of bankruptcy 3 for beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits. The two met last Sunday.
2. Thousands lined the street of New York amid tight security for the 90th Messi thanksgiving day parade. A giant Charlie Brown balloon helped get things started, joined by many other giant balloons. More than 80 sanitation 4 trucks filled with sand were used as security barriers.
3. A wildfire ripped though parts of Haifa, one of Israel's largest cities, forcing tens of thousands people to evacuate 5 their homes. Authorities speculated the blaze may have been set by politically motivated arsonists 6.
4. This year's Vatican Christmas tree, a nearly 80-foot spruce pine from northern Italy went up in St.Peter square Thursday. The official unveiling along with this year's nativity set for December,9th.
Ned Baker 7, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
- My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
- The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
- Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。