美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-04
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(八)月
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1. Israel said it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it potentially to widen its Gaza offensive against the territory Hamas rulers in 3 weeks old war. The move coincides with stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war which has claimed more than 1300 Palestinian lives, most of them civilians 1 and more than 50 Israeli lives.
2. Health officials in Sarasota county, Florida are warning people about the dangerous bacterium 2 after one people died and another got sick. Officials are warning residents and tourists against eating raw oysters 3 and exposing opened wounds to coastal 4 and inland waters.
3. A landslide 5 buried in remote village in western India on early Wednesday killing 6 at least 13 people and trapping more than 150 people. Rescue workers, desperate villagers and crowds people from nearby areas dug through deep mud, rocks and debris 7 of shattered homes looking for survivors 8.
4. A small plane crashed in the San Diego shopping center parking lot, killing an 80 year old passenger and injuring the pilots. No body on the ground was hurt.
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.(pl.)bacteria 细菌
- The bacterium possibly goes in the human body by the mouth.细菌可能通过口进入人体。
- A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
- We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
- She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。