美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-15
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Democratic Senator Tim Johnson is in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery to repair bleeding inside his brain. His illness leaves many wondering if Democrats 1 will lose their newly-won control of the Senate.
2. One of the three strand 2ed climbers lost on an Oregon mountain in billowing snow has been turning his cell phone on and off. T-Mobile receives signals from the climber's phone, raising hopes for his rescue.
3. A sweeping 4 police inquiry 5 on Thursday ruled out a murder conspiracy 6 in Princess Diana's death, saying the chauffeur 7 in the 1997 car crash was drunk and driving at a high speed. The report also said Diana was not pregnant at the time of the crash, nor was she about to marry her boyfriend Dodi Fayed.
4. In a startling turnaround, breast cancer rates in the US dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts believe it's because many women stopped taking hormone 8 pills. The 7.2% decline came a year after a big federal study linked menopause hormones 9 to higher risk of breast cancer.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. strand: verb
If you are stranded 3, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.
2. billow: verb
When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upwards 10 or across the sky.
3. inquiry: n-count
An inquiry is an official investigation 11.
4. chauffeur: n-count
The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
5. turnaround: n-count
A turnaround is a sudden improvement, especially in the success of a business or a country’s economy.
6. menopause: noun
The menopause is the time during which a woman gradually stops menstruating, usually when she is about fifty years old.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
- The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The chauffeur handed the old lady from the car.这个司机搀扶这个老太太下汽车。
- She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话。
- Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
- This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
- The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
- The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
- 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。