VOA慢速英语:Oil Spill Puts Fisheries, Birds at Risk Along US Gulf Coast

例句：Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.
      冲突双方同意暂时停火。

      The President has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
      总统废止了宪法, 独揽大权。

2.extend vi.(空间、时间等)延伸; 延续

例句：My garden extends as far as the river.
      我的花园一直伸展到河边。

3.leak vt.vi.漏

例句：The ship was leaking badly.
      那艘船漏得很厉害。

4.cleanup n.清扫;清除 (污染物);清理;整顿

例句：The plan for a citywide cleanup was the mayor’s baby.
      全市性的清扫计划是市长的得意之作。

5.represent v.等于；相当于；意味着

6.poison vt.毒死, 毒杀

例句：The explosion of the chemical plant has poisoned many local residents.
      那座化工厂的爆炸毒死了许多当地居民。

对…有不良影响, 毒化

例句：Don't trust the words which poison the friendship of ours.
      不要相信那些破坏我们友谊的话。