AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-11
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. New images revealed that North Korea has a second long-range missile base. One analyst 1 says the base is a clear indication the country continues to develop its ballistic missile program. An American official says US intelligence has been aware of the site for several years.
2. Hurricane Ike has become a Category 2 storm. It's feeding on warm Gulf 2 waters as it makes its way toward Texas. That's where more than 7,000 National Guard members are on standby and evacuations are expected.
3. Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally 3 attacking a dozing 4 subway passenger with a hammer in Philadelphia, that while police say other riders did nothing to stop the assault. Authorities say the 26-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder, aggravated 5 assault and related charges.
4. "You can put lipstick 6 on a pig, it's still a pig." The John McCain camp says that comment by Senator Barack Obama was directed at Sarah Palin. But Obama says the remark compares McCain's policies and call for change with President Bush's record. He's calling the flap "the latest made-up controversy 7" by the McCain campaign.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. ballistic missile: n. 弹道导弹
a powerful weapon that can travel extremely long distances, and that flies very high up into the sky and then back down to earth where it explodes.
2. feed on: phr v.
If one thing feeds on another, it becomes stronger as a result of the other thing's existence.
3. be on standby:
If someone or something is on standby, they are ready to be used if they are needed.
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- 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。
- The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
- A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
- If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
- Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。
- Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
- Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。