时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)


英语课

 


1. A Virginia man is arrested and indicted 1 on charges he planned to bomb Washington subway system, budding with people he believed were al-Qaeda operatives. The FBI says they knew the plan all along, the public never in danger. The 34-year-old is a naturalized citizen born in Pakistan.


 


2. The same storm that blew through the Midwest brings powerful winds to the south, possibly tornados 2. Debris 3 littered the ground in Tennessee, near Charlotte, North Carolina, homes collapsed 4.


 


3. More devastation 5 from the earthquake and tsunami 6 in Indonesia. Aerial inspection 7 revealing the extent of the damage. The disasters killed more than 300 people, many more are missing.


 


4. It took an X-ray to finally nail down what was wrong with this basset hound in Colorado. It turns out Sophie swallowed 31 roofing nails, her rabies tag and siding from the house. $3,500 later, Sophie is feeling much better.

 



1 indicted
控告,起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
2 tornados
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
  • They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
3 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
4 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
5 devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
7 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
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acromio-iliac presentation
adrenocortin
after-sales service
american geophysical union
anhydrous solvnt
Arreso
artificial joints
Babar Island
be half-hearted
be like a red rag to a bull
bear low sail
Bisert'
bodhicitta
bone-dry body
bottom probe
brunetta
cable lift
Can. Bank.
canonical extension
cardiophonography
corrective network
double-reduction final drive
epicuticular wax
ESOR
Eurokrone bond market
fastflow
feedback of feel
find favour with
finelyporous
fionids
Fresnel drag coefficient
function multipliers
gravel deposits
Hemaruka
hircine smell
housley
HYAENODONTIA
hydrosilicate
hyper-cryesthesia
in-phase feedback
increment welding
infrared pulse
interlamellar scleral resection
Interstate pipeline
Kapilmuni
know one's job
lasce
levicks
Litsea pittosporifolia
lovedale
magmatic pulse
mammasan
Manga Larga
metacompilation
mithridatizes
multimode power
n-type
negative amortization
Nessler tubes
niffiest
night after night
not simply connected region
obschina
offshore production system
onopkoes
operator function
panasterone
pastoralizing
photodyn
progress of events
provincial bank
Puebla
qingtuan
recombobulated
response frequency diagram
rhizosolenia crassispina
Rhodymenia
rockys
salicylazosulfapyridine
screw-and-nut mechanism
sea earth
Sindari
singular point of higher order
skin sensibility
special-shaped parts
spermatogenous filament
sta-prest
standby supply power
sunralin
take someone's scalp
talented children
timbercart
Toeing-Out
torrefication
track-suit
translate routine
undor
unstraightness
validate the claim
vause
waveguide output circuit
Yangyang