时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课

1. Pakistani opposition 1 leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated 2 Thursday by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew himself up. At least 20 others were also killed in the attack. Her death brings new chaos 3 in the nation that's an important US ally in the war on terror.


2. Police are reportedly investigating whether the young man mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo taunted 4 the animal. The 300-pound animal was shot to death around closing time on Christmas Day after it attacked 3 men, killing 5 one.


3. In Washington State, detectives painstakingly 6 picked their way through this rural property where 6 family members were killed Christmas Eve. The property owner's daughter and boyfriend were arrested and are expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon.


4. Hotel magnate Barron Hilton plans to give the bulk of his nearly 2.5 billion dollar fortune to charity. The New York Post figures Barron's granddaughter Paris Hilton could have inherited 100 million, but now could collect only 5 million.



1 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后,肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
3 chaos
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
4 taunted
嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落
  • The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
  • Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。
5 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
学英语单词
Acanthocybium
adapter configuration profile
Angry Young Man
anti tr. switch
Astragalus tongolensis Ulbr.
Aurora Pt.
boolus
break-out material
brubeck
bulkhead stanchion
capital stock preferred
chocolate starfishes
common piece
compatibilizing agent
consumer's ultimate
continuous-form media
Cooroy
cost of floor space
cycle theory
defective tightness
deferreds
definite quantity
demargarinated
desire lines
electrical attenuation
facingly
fail-active
faultfindings
fight with sb
foam-coated fabric
focused jet
fusion penetration
gaseous diffusional separation
give oneself
gravity plane
haermeyer
hardware interrput facility
helical flight
hollow ... out
homeset
huskarl
hydroxystrychnine
inter-bank market
isovolumetric impregnation
Jimminy
kabs
knee lift
knucklier
leguaan
lettere
line intermediate distribution frame (lidf)
male-oriented
manjeet
match an order
midazimuth
Molveno
mycologically
Nager syndrome
neuroparenchyma
non supercharged engine
notice to quit
nuclear radioactive contamination
objective forecast
open-handedness
paleoseismology
papilio polytes polytes
phantom aerial
Polygala longifolia
poster child
prime number generator
prostomum
reiksguard
replaceable sleeve
retarding phase
reversible change
Rhododendron piercei
rio greande city
run roughshod over
sandblower
selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor
shield standing voltage
skin numbness
spring breaks
stepparenthood
sun scorch
superconductive polymer
synoptic situation
thermoelastic stress
tin(iv) fluoride
tongnim (dongnim)
transamidases
transductory cascade
transposition number
trevaskiss
Ubombo
undercut pattern
urocortisol
vernile
vesper sparrow
with ... eyes open
Xanthopappus subacaulis
Xlib