美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月
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Dangerous weather tortured Texas where 12 people were reportedly missing in flash flooding. Tornado 1 winds and heavy rains damaged residencies and buildings in Corpus Christie forcing a pre-school to shutdown.
Italy’s two plans have been searched at New York’s Kennedy airport after unfound threats were made against commercial airliners 2. US military jet escorted an Air France flight into New York earlier Monday. Authority says the searches were done has precaution.
More than 400 people are died in the heat wave stifling 3 India. Local covered their face is in xx the heat as the temperate 4 is 116 degree of Fahrenheit 5 were reported.
And across the US, Americans honored the found on the Memorial Day. President Obama laid a wreath at the Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknown in US troops Afghanistan xx occasion overseas.
1 tornado
n.飓风，龙卷风
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
2 airliners
n.客机，班机( airliner的名词复数 )
- The fog grounded the airliners. 大雾迫使班机停飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They placed very stable and accurate atomic clocks on regularly scheduled jet airliners. 他们将非常稳定、准确的原子钟装在定期飞行的喷气式班机上。 来自辞典例句
3 stifling
a.令人窒息的
- The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。
- We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。
4 temperate
adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过分的
- Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
- Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。
5 Fahrenheit
n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)
- He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
- The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。