美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-11（在线收听） |
| 1. A plane carrying about 200 passengers veered off a runway in Sudan and burst into flames. Local television reports at least 100 people are dead. The Sudan Airways plane was landing in Khartoum at the end of a flight from Amman, Jordan.
2. In Wisconsin, authorities are watching dams in this rain-soaked state after a breach nearly emptied Lake Delton, washing away homes and a highway. A swamp of the Midwest is recovering from drenching storms. The weather is blamed for at least 15 deaths. 3. In the Senate, Republicans blocked a bill that would have imposed a new tax on profits from oil companies. Senators say the bill would have meant higher prices and increased oil imports. Meantime, gas prices rose another two cents to a national average of $4.04 a gallon. 4. On the side of a building in Japan, this woman tucks into bed, almost falling asleep. All part of a promotional stunt advertising a chain of hotels. WORDS IN THE NEWS to change direction. 2. –soaked: -soaked combines with nouns such as `rain' and `blood' to form adjectives which describe someone or something that is extremely wet or extremely damp because of the thing mentioned. 3. drench: v. to make something or someone extremely wet. drenching: adj. 4. tuck into: to make someone comfortable in bed for sleep by arranging the sheets around them. tips: The form burst is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. |
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