时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课

1. Ice and snow are making for treacherous 1 travel this holiday weekend. Power is out to thousands of homes in the Midwest. At least five people have died from pileups in several states.


2. In an early morning tragedy, fire destroyed a Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida. No one was injured.The flames lit up the sky. The sanctuary 2 burned to the ground, but the gymnasium was spared. Church officials say that is where they will hold Christmas services. An investigation 3 is underway.


3. Roger Clemens is again denying he ever used steroids or injected anything into his body. The all-star pitcher 4 posted a video on his website and Youtube. His name was prominent in the Mitchell Report that detailed 5 baseball players' steroid use. Clemens says he plans to answer questions about allegations in the future.


4. Santa Claus is getting an early start to Christmas. He is greeting boys and girls at his home in Finland. The North Pole is too busy for guests at this time of year. Tomorrow night, Saint Nicolas will be off on his sleigh, delivering toys to children worldwide.



1 treacherous
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的
  • The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
  • The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
2 sanctuary
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
  • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
  • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
5 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
学英语单词
A glass
a walking dictionary
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absolute extremum optimizer
adnexal carcinoma
agricultural bank
air cleaner support
alphameric class
Aminofebrin
annunciation lilies
ant orchids
atmospheric feeder
backcourt
cervical intermediate septum
channel to-channel adapter
charge to
clouded leopard
composite welds
constant of a measuring istrument
continuous truss
cosiers
Dalton law of partial pressure
demogogue
depth caliper
dewaterizer
Dianhvbrodulcitol
diaphragmatic vertebra (or anticlinal vertebra)
DIBAMIA
e. o. wilsons
earth-spherop
engine support bracket
erectormuscle
etymide
Eurotium repens
exhaut tank
finnmarks
four spring reactive bogie
frame synchronization logic
gas-turbine engine
general entomology
griffaun
gusset plate connection
hand charging
heat of sorption detector
home bank
horticultural
incpient inflation
jobmaster
Lacan, Jacques
localised state
low complexity
metastannate
midcyclic bleeding
millimillenary
minimal degree
monoisotopic mass
Mormonising
mourneress
multiterminal program structure
nacred
neurovoltomete
new show
noise jammer
nonintersecting lines
Oceanic Institute of Hawaii
out stroke
overall drag
palabras
palestrina style
pewseys
phase-frequency equalizer
piperazines
playfellowship
polymeride
pretrainings
quantitied
refrigeration standard
remote stand
renal arteriolosclerosis
Rhododendron joniense
Rosa macrophylla
roundabout way
Salayar, Selat
SCFBR
serosanguinitis
speculation and risk
Sphaerobacteraceae
spider templet
spiral bevel gear cutter
standard dollar
substrate-binding
superorganicists
syphilis of ureter
T-branch pipe
tansy-leaved rockets
textualizes
the house of birds
tongue-and-groove rolling
toothed chain wheel
TriassicSystem
tubesheet
yemin