美联社新闻一分钟 2006-03-09
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. 3 college students were arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting fire to 9 Baptist churches across Alabama. One of the suspects allegedly said the first fires were set as a joke. The others were started to throw investigators 1 off track.
2. President Bush is heading back to Washington after a Gulf 2 Coast visit. During this tenth trip, the President called on Congress to give an additional 20 billion dollars for levee repair and hurricane relief.
3. In a rare reversal advisors 3 are telling the Food & Drug Administration the promising 4 multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri should be returned to the market. Regulators say they are still concerned the drug is connected to a rare brain disease.
4. NFL owners are facing a deadline for responding to the latest labor 5 proposal from the Players Union that twice postponed 6 free agent signing period opens at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. Baptist :noun [C]
a member of a Christian 7 group that believes that baptism should not happen until a person is old enough to ask for it and to understand its meaning
2. reversal :noun [C]
when something changes to its opposite:
e.g. He demanded a reversal of the previous decision.
3. multiple sclerosis :noun [U] (ABBREVIATION MS)
a disease in which the covering of the nerves gradually becomes destroyed, damaging a person's speech and sight and ability to move 多发性硬化
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。