时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)


英语课

1. President Barack Obama has a message for Republicans who say they'll try to repeal 1 his health care overhaul 2: "Go for it!" Speaking at the University of Iowa, Obama says those who try to overturn the sweeping 3 changes will have to face voters who see immediate 4 benefits from the law.


 


2. Republicans say it's not just the Democrats 5 who have been the targets of threats and vandalism since the passage of health care overhaul. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia says someone shot a bullet through a window of his campaign office in Richmond and that he's received threatening email.


 


3. The Vatican says there was no cover-up in the church's handling of the case of a priest accused of molesting 6 some 200 deaf boys at a school near Milwaukee. According to church and Vatican documents, the Vatican ordered a stop to a church trial of the accused priest.


 


4. A dog that attacked a police cruiser earlier this month is out of the doghouse. A Tennessee judge says Winston can leave the shelter on good behavior. Dash-cam video caught Winston relentlessly 7 attacking the front bumper 8 of a cop car.


 



1 repeal
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
2 overhaul
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
3 sweeping
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • 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?
4 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
5 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • 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》
6 molesting
v.骚扰( molest的现在分词 );干扰;调戏;猥亵
  • He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague. 他被指控对一位女同事进行性骚扰。 来自辞典例句
  • He was charged with molesting a woman. 他被指控调戏妇女。 来自辞典例句
7 relentlessly
adv.不屈不挠地;残酷地;不间断
  • The African sun beat relentlessly down on his aching head. 非洲的太阳无情地照射在他那发痛的头上。
  • He pursued her relentlessly, refusing to take 'no' for an answer. 他锲而不舍地追求她,拒不接受“不”的回答。
8 bumper
n.(汽车上的)保险杠;adj.特大的,丰盛的
  • The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
  • This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。
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acquiescency
alarm amplifier
ancora
anhedonic
babbit-lined
backgammon board
batch loader
be determined about
biothion
book of hours, Book of Hours
calciobaryte
capravirine
Chloroflexies
common peas
complete k-nary graph
counterstamped
COWC
crany
economic cost comparison
electrical storms
emphatic address
Endolimax nana
enteroviral
equiponderates
equippee
facet combination
Falia, Mamuel de
fancy cut
feeding panel
flush mounting box
forced convection lehr
Founougo
freight contractor
gammerman
glass blowing machine
heterodyne harmonic analyzer
hydrophilic insulant
inferior vena cava
internal security audit
isentropic lithofacies map
janeanne
Kazanskaya
keep sb company
keep someone in awe of
lenticular pit aperture
lickpot
Magnae Chartae
military assistance advisory group
MMBL
mowster de vylers
N-ethyl-N-methylbutyramide
national welfare and the people's livelihood
night soil collector
Noguchi's tissue culture-medium
nowse
nuclear magnetic resonance tech nique
octohedral shear stress theory
onshorest
P. & D.
parallel-serial register
pau d'arco
perfect joint
perimyocarditis
plastic insulated wire cord
pneumography of bladder
possibility fo inaction
price data
quasi-markets
rauriki
red pine l.
reduction lens
remigio
revertible
rhythm method of birth controls
Rolls-Royce PLC
rotor drive
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rush for
Saxifraga chionophila
SCARA
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shear-viscoslty function
shnovial fold
signature scheme
smiths hammer
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subitise
suspension arch
take up the backlash
thin-film band pass filter
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ulnar fracture
unprying
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