美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(七)月
英语课
1. Ukraine held a departure ceremony for some of the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. The ceremony was held in an airport in eastern Ukraine before the bodies were flown to Netherlands.
2. Former New York mayor, Mike Bloomberg has joined Israel in calling for the Federal Aviation Administration to reverse its decision to permit US airlines to fly to Israel. Bloomberg took a Tuesday night flight to Tel Aviv on El Al Airlines.
3. The Costa Concordia began its final voyage, destined 1 for the Italian port of Genoa and the scrapyard. The journey to port is approximately 200 nautical 2 miles, and is expected to take 5 days.
4. Georgia Republicans have their candidate that for the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Saxby Chambliss. Businessman, David Purdue, won a runoff on Tuesday, topping long-time Congressman 3 Jack 4 Kingston. Purdue is a former corporate 5 CEO, making his first bid for public office.
1 destined
adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的
- It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
- The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
2 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
- A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
- It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。
3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。