时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月


英语课

1. Independent truckers from across the country called for a one-day strike to protest record high diesel 1 fuel prices. At the same time, Congress drilled top executives of the five biggest US oil companies about high profits. They also wanted to know why they are not investing in the development of other energy technologies.


 


2. The federal government says 17 of the nation's 50 largest cities don't graduate even half of their high school students. They found that 1.2 million high schoolers drop out each year. The government is also mandating 2 that states report dropouts in a uniform way.


 


3. President Bush is in Ukraine. He wants the former Soviet 3 Republic along with Georgia to become part of the NATO alliance. France and Germany have expressed concern the move could anger Russia.


 


4. A wayward gator made a mess of the morning rush hour near Fort Lauderdale Florida. Deputy shut down a busy road for about an hour while they waited for a wildlife worker to come and snare 4 the animal.





n.柴油发动机,内燃机
  • We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
  • My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
托管(mandate的现在分词形式)
  • Current requirements mandating that committees keep minutes are too general. 目前对委员会要保持详细记录的指令性要求,还是太过一般化了。
  • Mandating that workers who quit without permission forfeit a month's wages. 规定工人私自离岗将受到罚没一个月工资的处罚。
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
n.陷阱,诱惑,圈套;(去除息肉或者肿瘤的)勒除器;响弦,小军鼓;vt.以陷阱捕获,诱惑
  • I used to snare small birds such as sparrows.我曾常用罗网捕捉麻雀等小鸟。
  • Most of the people realized that their scheme was simply a snare and a delusion.大多数人都认识到他们的诡计不过是一个骗人的圈套。
学英语单词
a general outlook on
accessory claw
accessory root
actitis hypoleucoss
advance arrival notice of ship
aerology
Aminoplasmal
analytical sentence
arsenic keratosis
arteriae peronaea
bacidia scrobiculata
bargaining
blindages
bravemen
bullet-proof car
caldecott
Camera anterior
cervical fibroma
cold store boat
Comayagua, Dep.de
complex MAI
composite oil-fired/exhaust gas boiler
Conference on Data Systems Language
congolene
coronary sclerosis
cribbage boards
cupula of cochlea
Cuquio
DC (directional coupler)
direct participation programme
directional selection
disequalities
doctor test
dual-reduction drive
employment broker
Epilobium speciosum
equal time
fetoscopically
financial manager
fritzie
geometry number
handler, file
heart-headed tapeworm
henry steinways
hickinbottom
hyperactivity of heart-liver fire
Iaponia
impacted cerumen
laurita
listach
Lombarda, Sa.
longitudinal dimension recovery ratio
loss budget analysis
make a dash for
manier
mechanical misalignment
methocillin-S
multidimensional coding
natural electric field
offshore oil-gas field development
para-hydroxymercuribenzoate
patriarchally
paul bed
pine camphor oil
plasters
polyacid complex
popishly
post traumatic
printed circuit generator
programmer version
putrescibles
quillers
Ranney oil-mining system
recording pen lifter
rubp
run macro
sagittal ring
sanker
school-shooting
sea-weary
self-exitation
sfac
ship propeller noise
side-kicks
singularity of space time
slash box
sphaceloma peoniae kurosawa
spread the gospel
spring ball joint
stamping-grounds
stock of wheat
stoeffel
sweep balance
tapered distribution
to fall head over heels
unamenability
uninsulted
vortograph
wheang
wholesale tax
with an elevation of 2000 metres
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