美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-8-08
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月
This is AP news minute.
1. The Olympic flame stopping Friday at Rio's most famous landmark 1, the Christ the Redeemer statue. At journey's end, the flame will be used to light the Olympic cauldron at the 2016 summer games opening ceremony.
2. Despite the problems plaguing in Brazil, from Zika to crime and polluted waters, over 300,000 people from around the world are expected to attend the first Olympics set in South America. Officials say only 72% of tickets are sold.
3. A Northern Virginia major is facing drug charges after his arrest in a meth-for-sex sting 2. Police say Fairfax mahor Scott Silverthorne was arrested after meeting with undercovered detectives at a hotel.
4. And an Oklahoma game wardens 3 have seized a mounted 4 polar bear that had been on display at a Tulsa airport. Wardens say the bear, worth about $50,000 was legally killed 1969 in Alaska and brought to Oklahoma, but the person who had been in possession of the bear didn't have the proper proper ownership paperwork.
Tracy Brown, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
- Most flies do not sting.大多数苍蝇不叮人。
- The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
- Air raid wardens in tin hats self-importantly stalked the streets. 空袭民防队员戴着钢盔神气活现地走在街上昂首阔步。 来自辞典例句
- The game wardens tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. 猎物保护区管理员用麻醉射器让犀牛静了下来。 来自辞典例句