时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. Donald Rumsfeld resigned Wednesday as Secretary of Defense 1. President Bush made the announcement during a press conference at the White House, saying he would nominate former CIA director Robert Gates to the post.

2. In Montana, Democratic challenger John Tester has won a very close US Senate race against incumbent 2 and Republican Senator Conrad Burns. With 99% of the precincts reporting, Tester had a lead of just over 3,000 votes.

3. Arabs are outraged 3 over an Israeli attack that killed 18 people in a Gaza town. The Palestinian Health Ministry 4 says among the dead are 8 children from an extended family. An exiled leader of Hamas has declared an end to the truce 5 with Israel and says his group will retaliate 6 "in deeds, not words".

4. And on Interstate 85 near Charlotte, North Carolina, 2 pickups carrying 2 very different kinds of cargo 7 collided Tuesday, leaving a truck full of cows mingling 8 on the road next to a steeple from a church. No one was seriously injured

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. precinct : N=COUNT
A precinct is a part of a city which has its own police force and fire service.

2. extended family : N-COUNT
An extended family is a family group which includes relatives such as uncles, aunts, and grandparents, as well as parents, children, and brothers and sisters.

3. steeple : N-COUNT
A steeple is a tall pointed 9 structure on top of the tower of a church.



1 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
2 incumbent
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
3 outraged
a.震惊的,义愤填膺的
  • Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
  • He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。
4 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 truce
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束
  • The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
  • She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
6 retaliate
v.报复,反击
  • He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
  • It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。
7 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
8 mingling
adj.混合的
  • There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间,已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
  • The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。
9 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
学英语单词
Academia Sinica
Alatoz
amaroid
amount of income
Arabellidae
audiovox
available thermal power
balance order
bastard FORTRAN
beat-age
beyond word
biclofibate
bitch about
breakdown service
BSLB
caking index
campus card
caprices
cellular fabric
civilisers
clatter down
closed loop control
co insurance clause
Commiphora abyssinica
compliment someone on
corruption perception index
cost reduction program
cup-like
cyan halide
dc voltmeter
developmental pattern
direct variable cost
DRTP
Durukhsi
echo-poor
electric ramming impact machine
Ethylmalonic-Adipicaciduria
executive diagnostics
fabrication of evidence
fan site
fatty compounds
Fennicism
fire-resisting beam
fossy
genus Ammobium
Gilt Edged Bond
grow into
head rod
high level slewing tower crane
idiotype(siemens 1921)
indicator air speed
jen
joyousnesses
junejoes
leather bed
lunch-counter
main alloying component
market study
Melburin
mid-ir laser
military observer
Mitabe-zaki
Morgan, John Pierpont
national courts
nationality mark
nonosseous
nuclear log
Nyoiseau
obligatory notification
once-magnificent
one - dimensional array
orthosteric
oxidation stability
panspermists
paratrechina otome
periodic quantity
pigtailed laser diode
pochards
pocket trumpets
porphyritic-like texture
pre-advice
psss a law
quality planning
radio communication for railway public security
recent quotation
round angles
salt-fog
sense-datum
Silene nana
siphon tube
sulfoxylic acid
testudovolva orientis
tilth top soil
transparency velvet
Ulfametopyrazine
unelicited
Vamsadhāra R.
vintress
voiding knife
wide-aperture gun
windrow type mechanical cement spreader