时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月


英语课

1. The Los Angeles county coroner's finding that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide could eventually lead to criminal charges for Jackson's personal doctor. Doctor Conrad Murray told investigators 1 he gave Jackson a mix of drugs to treat the pop star's insomnia 2 in the hours before his death.


2. NASA will try again Wednesday morning to launch the shuttle Discovery. The Space Agency had scrubbed Tuesday morning's launch because of thunderstorms. Discovery will carry seven astronauts as well as thousands of pounds of space station supplies to the International Space Station.


3. An Associated Press source says President Barack Obama plans to nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term. Obama will make the announcement today during a break from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.


4. The auto 3 industry will continue to try and lure 4 customers in without the help of "Cash for Clunkers". The government program which gave auto sales the joys ended last night. Through Monday, dealers 5 are reportedly selling more than 600,000 vehicles in just a month for the government rebates 6.



1 investigators
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》
2 insomnia
n.失眠,失眠症
  • Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
  • He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。
3 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
4 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
5 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
6 rebates
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 );回扣;返还(退还的部份货价);折扣
  • The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点,如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
  • In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a-doors
acataleptic
Actes
Aegyptianella pullorum
aerodynamic interference
aksana
Argyrosomus
aspherical surface
attainables
aulacaspis greeni
beeskep
big mac index
block control
bore brush
broxuridine
bullfinch
callithrix pygmaea
catenarian line
certificate update
chesapeake b.
chlomethoxyfen
closed separating funnel
cloxestradiol
CMOS camera
coat-hooks
conical depression
consolidation rate
continuate
curtatively
Daviel's operation
dicrurus macrocercus
digital signalling
Diocleinae
dispersate
e-strategy
Ekman, Vagn Wilfrid
externally applied forces
fixed vane
fluider
fluoriscope
FMDV
georg wilhelm friedrich hegels
gnathostegite
granular pearlite
Hoswick
howitzer
illuminated advertising
internal drain
involve in
Itaya, R.
Jacquette(hand)scaler
laborador current
manoeuvering
Margo sphenoidalis
matched glass-to-metal seal
menstrutruate
metanachis moleculina
Methylal(dimethoxymethane)
microunity
missile-bearing laser beam
mullholland
nonconformant
official bulletin
passive noun
phosphorous deficiency
pico-volts
plant propagation
pomelle
Ps'ol(Psël)
pushing machine
quartz pilot
recognition matrix
recovery of molasses
rhomboideus major muscle
ruralite
sedentary animal
Seed financing
shalee
she'd've
short wave electrotherapy apparatus
short-term imprisonment
silica minerals
slay sword
small changes
software reliability analysis
Spancaps
spielman
static current therapy
steel medium carbon
storey height
suction flask
sunporches
tall as a maypole
tell someone straight
texans
unitary gauge
variable length output message field
Vincetoxicum officinale
wide-track seeder
woodjack
wurshipped
zeism