AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-06
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月
1.Tropical Storm Hanna is closing in on the Carolina coast with top sustained winds of 70 miles an hour. The forecast calls for Hanna to make landfall early Saturday morning, then marching up the Atlantic seaboard, dumping inches of rain.
2.Republican presidential nominee 1 John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail, traveling to Wisconsin in their first joint 2 campaign appearance since the GOP convention. Palin says she wants to bring the campaign straight from the convention into "small-town America".
3.The United States and Libya sealed a turnaround deal on their sometimes troubled relationship. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited the leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli. Her visit coming up to Libya renounced 3 terrorism and vowed 4 to give up weapons of mass destruction.
4.The LPGA Tour is backing off plans to suspend players who could not effectively speak English in the tournaments. The Tour's commissioner 5 disclosed the original plan in a meeting with South Korean players. The unwritten rule was widely criticized as discriminatory, especially against Asian players.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1.seaboard
The seaboard is the part of a country that is next to the sea; used especially of the coasts of North America.
...the Eastern seaboard of the USA.=coast
2.the GOP
the Grand Old Party another name for the Republican Party in US politics
3.turnaround
a complete change from a bad situation to a good one
4.the LPGA Tour
the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes. 我们已再次宣布放弃使用武力来解决争端。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Andrew renounced his claim to the property. 安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。