美联社新闻一分钟 AP 佛罗里达州宴会厅发生枪击案

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Americans to come together ahead of the annual Memorial Day holiday.

美国总统拜登周日呼吁美国人在一年一度的阵亡将士纪念日假期前团结起来。

Biden attended the annual memorial service hosted by the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs at Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle.

拜登出席了特拉华州退伍军人事务委员会在纽卡斯尔退伍军人纪念公园举办的年度追悼会。

Police said two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall in South Florida.

警方表示，南佛罗里达州一个宴会厅外发生枪击案，造成2人死亡，大约有20到25人受伤。

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert, and three people got out of an SUV and opened fire into a crowd outside.

宴会厅被租来开音乐会，三个人从一辆越野车里下来，朝外面的人群开枪。

Many coastal¹ Louisiana residents are still recovering as the Atlantic hurricane season begins next month.

随着下个月大西洋飓风季节即将到来，路易斯安那州许多沿海居民仍未恢复过来。

Two back-to-back hurricanes hammered their towns. Many still live in campers next to the cement slabs² where their houses once stood.

接连两次的飓风袭击了他们的城镇。许多人仍然住在水泥板旁边的帐篷里，那里曾经是他们房屋的所在地。

Others face supply shortages or are trying to resolve insurance claims.

其他人则面临供应短缺或试图解决保险索赔问题。

And Sicily's Mount Etna erupted again in the early hours of Sunday, spewing lava³ and releasing thick plumes⁵ of ash.

西西里岛的埃特纳火山周日凌晨再次喷发，喷出熔岩并释放出厚厚的火山灰。

The eruption⁶ plume⁴ reached a height of about 4 miles above sea level.

火山喷发的烟柱达到海拔约4英里的高度。

Etna is a popular tourist destination attracting hikers eager to see its extraordinary lava flows which glow orange at night.

埃特纳是一处很受欢迎的旅游目的地，吸引着那些徒步旅行者，他们渴望看到熔岩流在夜间发出橙色光芒的奇观。

1 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

2 slabs   

n.厚板，平板，厚片( slab的名词复数 )；厚胶片

参考例句：

• The patio was made of stone slabs. 这天井是用石板铺砌而成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch. 这些矗立的石块，大致指向那个看不见的缺口。 来自辞典例句

3 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

4 plume   

n.羽毛；v.整理羽毛，骚首弄姿，用羽毛装饰

参考例句：

• Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
• He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。

5 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

6 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。