美联社新闻一分钟 AP “沉默的山姆”雕像被推倒
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2018(八)月
“沉默的山姆”雕像被推倒
This is AP News Minute.
President Trump 1 is expected to announce a plan to relax rules that restrict greenhouse gas emissions 2 from coal-fired power plants. The plan will give states more leeway to regulate air pollution.
Colorado prosecutors 3 charged the 33-year-old man with murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. Court documents say Christopher Watts 4 admits strangling his wife, but claims his wife killed the two girls.
Four army Chinook helicopters had to land due to rough weather around St. Louis. Three of the choppers reached airports in Illinois. The fourth landed in a restaurant parking lot.
Demonstrators toppled confederate statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel 5 Hill. Protesters called the statue, known as "Silent Sam", a symbol of racist 6 heritage.
Jackie Queen, 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。
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
- My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。