AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-06
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月
1. A new Barack Obama ad that begins airing on national cable tomorrow calls John McCain's reaction to the recent financial turmoil 1 "erratic 2". The ad also accuses McCain of trying to shift debate from the economy to Obama's character. Sarah Palin has been attacking Obama during appearances around the country. She's accusing him of "palling 4 around with terrorists", for his past relationship with former 1960s radical 5 William Ayers.
2. A judge has stepped into the battle for Wachovia Corporation. He's temporarily blocked the nearly 15-billion-dollar sale of the bank to Wells Fargo. Citigroup, which is also interested in Wachovia, is accusing Wells Fargo of trying to cut off its earlier offer which the FDIC helped engineer.
3. Authorities in Wisconsin are waiting for autopsy 6 results to determine whether a missing college student was murdered. Thirty-one-year-old Haroon Kahn hasn't been seen since last week. A body was found just yards away from where Kahn's car was discovered in a storage shelter.
4. Hollywood.TV has released new video of O.J.Simpson last Thursday. The video shows the former football star signing autographs. It's the last video of O.J. outside the courthouse before his conviction.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. airing: n.
an occasion when a programme is broadcast on television or radio.
AmE if you pal around with someone, you do things together as friends.
3. autopsy: n.
an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death.
- His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
- The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
- The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
- The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
- He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
- Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。
- It's good to see the two boys palling up so well. 看见这两个男孩这么要好真是惬意。 来自互联网
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。