时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(三)月


英语课

1.As expected, the federal budget deficit 1 is climbing skyward. It’s hit 765 billion dollars in just the first five months of the fiscal 2 year and it’s well on its way to the administration’s projection 3 of 1.75 trillion for the whole year. The blame goes to a slump 4 in tax revenue, and a surge in spending on the bank bailout.


2.In Alabama, investigators 5 haven’t been able to figure out what triggered the gunman’s rampage that left 11 dead including his mother and himself. But officials said 28-year-old Michael McClendon had a list of those “who’d done him wrong.”


3.Tonight’s rescheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed yet again, this time because of a hydrogen leak. NASA hopes to get the mission to the space station underway tomorrow night.


4.Chris Brown withdrew from the Kid’s Choice Awards. The embattled pop star, who was arrested for allegedly attacking his girlfriend Rihanna, was up for two awards.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.skyward: adv.


up into the sky or towards the sky


2.projection: n.


a statement or calculation about what something will be in the future or was in the past, based on information available now


3.hydrogen: n.


a colourless gas that is the lightest of all gases, forms water when it combines with oxygen


4.be up for: phrase


when you are up for an award, you are one of the nominees 6.



n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
n.发射,计划,突出部分
  • Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
  • The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.被提名者,被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )
  • She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
  • A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
学英语单词
aerobatic demonstration
Aseptatina
black gold (maldonite)
bootheels
boxer's encephalopathy
bpv
bridge remote control
brunerie
budgerow
c-vits
carotid body reflex
cheerleadahs
Chorispora greigii
colour-selecting-electrode system
concentrating solar collector
covering marking
Department for Culture
detritivore
diacetyl reductase
discharge ram
disposable air dunnage
disseminated fungal infection
doretta
dust pellet
eastern equine encephalomyelitis
equipment pollution
fluorinated polyether polymer
fragrant solomonseal rhizome
frame plough
free point indicator
free running generator
frogland
fulciment
FUMG
Gllotox
Gongylonema pulchrum
Grand Prix
halochromic
house left
hydrobiontic algae
Imitation.
immantled
inequitably
Itabapoana, R.
Jamaican apples
Kississing L.
L'Abbé
Leperditacea
lime-twigged
load-characteristic test
lrish moss extract
m.ed.
make a mull of
march into
melbinum
menu-driven
mica pipe
midsection
moscow' worthington
nailing ya
Neoinstitutionalism
neurocords
noncoherent modulation system
Obva
over-consumption
oxycalcium
Phar. D.
photographic measurement
Polmak
polyesterase
precision system
principal aspect
rabbit pyrogenic test
Ramenskiy Rayon
red-eared terrapins
relay restoring spring
retaliate upon
risseite (aurichalcite)
rotating seal ring
sagebrushes
Schlatter's sprain
sedan-chairs
shoup
simant
Simnel Sunday
skeletal query
spectral emission
starquake
starve into
strain hardening effect
suit and hood unit
sun hats
supporting reflex
tdap
threser
tinned copper braid
tissues
training evaluation
uk ton
unrig
unspoken
voracious appetite