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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-09

时间：2008-09-22 06:29:37

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1. John Edwards admits to an extramarital affair. But the former US Democratic presidential candidate denies fathering the woman's daughter. Edwards tells ABC News he lied repeatedly about the affair with a 42-year-old woman, but says that he did not love her.

2. Hundreds of civilians1 are reportedly dead after violence broke out in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. Russia's tanks are reportedly bombed air bases after Georgia launched a major military offensive to retake the province. There's growing concern the fighting could lead to all-out war.

3. A charter bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to an annual pilgrimage slammed onto its side and then skidded2 off a Sherman, Texas freeway. At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 others were hurt.

4. And fireworks lit up the night sky over Beijing. Thousands flooded iconic Tiananmen Square to watch the fireworks show after the opening ceremonies to mark the Olympics Summer Games.

 


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1 civilians 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
参考例句：
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
2 skidded 35afc105bfaf20eaf5c5245a2e8d22d8     
v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区
参考例句：
  • The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
  • The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

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