AP 2011-05-02
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. The White House released President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate today, which says he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama says he hopes this will quiet the questions around his citizenship 1 and qualifications to be president.
2. At least nine people have died in a wave of thunderstorms that blew down trees and damaged homes across the South. It was a flare-up from the same system earlier this week that had already killed 11 people.
3. An Afghan military pilot killed eight American soldiers and a US contractor 2 at the Kabul Airport Wednesday after they argued at a meeting. Officials said it was the deadliest episode 3 to date of an Afghan turning against his own coalition 4 partners.
4. Excited crowds are already camping out outside of Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey to get the very best possible view ahead of Friday's royal wedding. Some people have already spent the night sleeping on the pavement, as British royal enthusiasts 5, foreign tourists and media crews are all gathered for the event.
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
- The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
- This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册