美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-03-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(三)月
英语课
1. A mudslide Washington State killed at least three people and destroyed as many as thirty homes. 18 people are unaccounted for.
2. Officials say a barge 1 that leaked oil into Galveston Bay has been move out of the Houston Ship Channel and all the remaining oil has been taken out. Oil residue 2 has been spotted 3 as far as 12 miles out into the Gulf 4 of Mexico.
3. Actor James Rebhorn has died. The character actor amassed 5 more than 100 credits in five decades of television and film work. Rebhorn was 65.
4. Animal activists 6 in Kosovo say three brown bear cubs 7 have been rescued from captivity 8. The one-month-old cubs were found at two separate homes last week and are believed to be from the same mother.
1 barge
n.平底载货船，驳船
- The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
- Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
2 residue
n.残余，剩余，残渣
- Mary scraped the residue of food from the plates before putting them under water.玛丽在把盘子放入水之前先刮去上面的食物残渣。
- Pesticide persistence beyond the critical period for control leads to residue problems.农药一旦超过控制的临界期，就会导致残留问题。
3 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
4 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
5 amassed
v.积累，积聚( amass的过去式和过去分词 )
- He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
- They have amassed a fortune in just a few years. 他们在几年的时间里就聚集了一笔财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》