美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Officials are making preparations for President Gerald Ford 1's body to lie in state this weekend at the Capitol Rotunda 2. A funeral service is expected to take place at the National Cathedral after the New Year. The 93-year-old Ford passed away Tuesday night at his home in California.
2. The body of a US climber missing for more than a month has been found on a remote mountain in southwestern China. A second climber is still missing and presumed dead. The body discovered was partially 3 buried and had not yet been positively 4 identified.
3. A federal appeals court ruled today that names and urine samples of about 100 Major League Baseball players can be used by government investigators 5 in their ongoing 6 probe of steroid use in sports. The government's perjury 7 case against San Francisco Giant slugger Barry Bonds could be bolster 8ed if his name is on the list of players who tested positive.
4. Preparations are being made in Times Square where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to ring in the New Year. The dropping of a giant ball at Times Square has counted down the final seconds of every calendar year since 1906.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rotunda : N-COUNT
A rotunda is a round building or room, especially one with a round bowl-shaped roof.
2. perjury : N-UNCOUNT
If someone who is giving evidence in a court of law commits perjury, they lie.
3. bolster : VERB
If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
4. calendar year : N-COUNT
A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the financial year.
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- The Capitol at Washington has a large rotunda.华盛顿的国会大厦有一圆形大厅。
- The rotunda was almost deserted today,dotted with just a few tourists.圆形大厅今天几乎没有多少人，只零星散布着几个游客。
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
- She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。