AP 2011-05-09
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. Just days after the death of Osama Bin 1 Laden 2, the victims of 9/11 have been remembered. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero. Vice 3 President Joe Biden led a similar ceremony at the Pentagon.
2. The record-high Mississippi River continues to rise. Thousands of people have been forced from their homes from Illinois to Louisiana. Most of the severe flooding could still be a week or two away.
3. A remote-controlled submarine has removed a body from the wreckage 4 of the Air France flight that plunged 5 into the Atlantic two years ago. French authorities say the victim was still strapped 6 into the seat, making the recovery difficult.
4. And more than 600 people marked the moment when the first American rocketed into space 50 years ago. The ceremony took place at the spot where Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard blasted off on a 15-minute suborbital flight on May 5th, 1961.
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。