评论
打印
字号:
1. Hurricane Dean has lost some of its punch as it crosses the Yucatan Peninsula. But it's expected to gain strength as it sweeps the lower Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile Texas is breathing easier because the storm is too far south to threaten the state with anything more than high surf.
2. The space shuttle Endeavour has arrived home safely and NASA is defending its decision not to repair the gouge in the shuttle's underbelly in space. The agency says the area was not exposed to overheating.
3. A teenager using his cellphone to send a text message has been seriously injured after he was hit by a train. One witness says the teen saw one train approaching but didn't see a second one headed in the opposite direction as he walked around the gate and onto the tracks.
4. Take a look at this. A thief brazenly stealing a pistol from a display case at an Elvis exhibit at Presley's Graceland estate. The weapon was returned to police after it was found in a portable toilet behind the museu
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. lose one's punch:
If you say that something has punch, you mean that it has force or effectiveness.
2. breathe easy:
used when saying that someone can relax because a worrying or dangerous situation has ended
3. surf: noun
the white substance that forms on top of waves as they move towards the shore
4. text message:
短信
5. brazenly: adv
doing something openly, without showing or feeling any shame
您现在的位置： 首页 > 英语听力 > 媒体资讯 > 美联社一分钟 > 正文
美联社新闻一分钟[2007-8-22]
时间:2007-12-22 11:34:00 来源:本站原创 编辑:alex 每天三分钟英语轻松学
收藏您可能还感兴趣的文章
- 美联社新闻一分钟[2007-7-31]
- 1. President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agree fighting terrorism is a top priority. The two leaders met at Camp David for the first time sinc
时间：2007-12-11 编辑：alex
- 美联社新闻一分钟[2007-9-14]
- One police officer is dead, three others injured in a Miami suburb. Police say they stopped a man driving erratically and the driver opened fire on them. A sea
时间：2007-12-22 编辑：alex
- 美联社新闻一分钟[2008-03-28]
- 1.More cancelled flights for American Airlines and Delta. Both carriers scrubbing hundreds of flights as they continue to inspect wire bundles in planes. The f
时间：2008-05-09 编辑：alex
- 美联社新闻一分钟[2007-5-27]
- 1. President Bush opened the Memorial Day weekend with a call for Americans to rededicate themselves to the war on terror. He's also asking everyone to pray fo
时间：2007-12-04 编辑：alex
