时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)


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1. A way out at last for Chile's 36 trapped miners. A drilling rig has punched through to the underground chamber 1 where miners have been trapped for 66 days. However, mining officials say efforts to bring the men to the surface won't happen before Tuesday.

2. A 650-foot ferry was ablaze 2 in the Baltic Sea Saturday after an explosion on the upper deck. Police say 249 people aboard were rescued. Firefighting ships sprayed the vessel 3 with water to keep it from breaking apart and spilling some 170 tons of fuels.

3. Hungary's prime minister says the cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on verge 4 of collapse 5 Saturday, threating a second wave of the toxic 6 red sludge that has already covered several towns in Western Hungary and killed seven people.

4. Fans are flocking the Central Park's Strawberry Fields to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.

Myra Lopez, the Associated Press, AP News Minute.



n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的
  • The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上,那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
  • Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
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