时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月


英语课

1. Firefighters in Southern California continue to struggle to contain a massive blaze that is threatening the iconic Hollywood sign. The fire has chared more than 50 homes and killed two firefighters. Thousands of people have been evacuated 1 from their homes.


 2. Hurricane Jimena is expected to make landfall sometime tonight in Mexico, possibly as a strong Category 4 storm. The hurricane has winds near 155 miles an hour. Emergency workers are pleading with people in the line of the storm to pack up and head out of the area.


 3. The man accused of abducting 2 and sexually abusing Jaycee Lee Dugard testified during an unrelated kidnapping and rape 3 case decades ago that he often prowled through neighborhoods as a Peeping Tom. Phillip Garrido served ten years in federal prison until 1988. Less than three years later, he allegedly kidnapped Dugard.


 4. Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean is suing pageant 4 officials for religious discrimination and libel. Pageant officials say they fired the beauty queen because she missed too many scheduled appearances. Prejean says she was dismissed because of her position on gay marriage.



撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
劫持,诱拐( abduct的现在分词 ); 使(肢体等)外展
  • She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
  • At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时,发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
n.壮观的游行;露天历史剧
  • Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
  • The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。