AP 2010-07-17
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(七月)
1. BP says it will start testing today to determine if a new device on top of the leaking oil well in the Gulf 1 is working. BP will gradually shut the valves to see if the oil stops or if it starts leaking from another part of the well. The capping project is a temporary fix. The flow of oil will not stop until a pair of relief wells are finished next month.
2. The so-called 'Barefoot Bandit' is expected to make his first court appearance today in the Bahamas. Police say Colton Harris-Moore faces a litany of charges including suspicion of illegal weapons possession. The Washington state native is suspected of stealing cars, boats and at least five airplanes after his 2008 escape from a halfway 2 house.
3. Investigators 3 in Uganda have found an unexploded suicide vest in a disco hall in the capital of Kampala. It comes a day after two explosions went off at a rugby cafe, where crowds gathered to watch the World Cup final. At least 76 people were killed.
4. Police in New Mexico say a gunman angry about a dispute with his girlfriend forced his way into a manufacturing plant where she worked, killing 4 two employees before turning the gun on himself. Four others were wounded in the rampage. The gunman is identified as 37-year-old Robert Reza
- 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。
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
- 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》