美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-04-25
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2017(四)月
This is AP News Minute.
France’s Interior Ministry 1 says far-right presidential candidate Marine 2 Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are expected to advance to the May 7th runoff election. No mainstream 3 party candidate is advancing for the first time in modern French history.
Iraqi officials say Islamic State militants 4 have attacked the police base in atown that is being used as a staging ground for the Mosul offensive, killing 5 at least one policeman. Local media report at least 2 suicide attackers entered the base before detonating explosives.
US officials confirmed pirates have turned to the waters off Somalia. Defense 6 Secretary Jim Mattis spoke 7 to reporters briefly 8 during his visit to the African nation of Djibouti. Mattis was joined by the head of US-Africa command.
Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry 9 cheered on thousands of London marathon runners from the sidelines of the race on Sunday. The runners were competing for Heads Together, the official charity of 2017 London Marathon.
Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- 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。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。