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
.so
a peg too low
action of of detine
adjustable trestle support
agreeand
Argyll
Bismutopyrite
boobed
boric ointment
Boseongman
briggate
cannabin(e)
carburetor deceleration valve
cargo stowage declaration
chairbacks
chestnut
contractor's trial
crescent shape plate top chain conveyer
decree of specific performance
depth buffer
didymopetalus
Dopaidan
drawn wire
entity bean
equivalent aerial
eustorgio
extraembryonic vessel
Fengbin Township
Franklinia
fumarylacetoacetic acid
Fīrūzābād-e Bozorg
Handsel Monday
hash function.
high temperature high shear
hold sb to ransom
humid tetter
in actuality
injection control solenoid valve
isometric virus
jockeyisms
Leptomyxida
limerick song dance (england)
low-altitude ride control
lynard
manies
Melanconiaceae
mercury pollution
micro suture
microbial metallurgy
Morglay
nasa stress analysis
noncellular
nozel
obstinately
official reserve transaction
order Synentognathi
out of ... depth
overwry
packing and presentation
pamparova
Pankshin
paracele
paratrachoma
permittees
photologists
pontoon causeway or pier
poromya eximia eximia
propelling plant
Pussemange
Quinoeide
repellence
repoured
Ricci calculus
Rizokarpaso
rocket engine high altitude test
sales lead
Shahdāb
shant
sinense
skeletons still rattle in the closet
snollygosters
sperm tail
stadia distance
sugarcoating
supersensibly
Tango Foxtrot
technivorm
terminal destination
thalamocele
third-tierer
to stand trial
tolkein
two-colour radiation thermometer
uncompactified
uprear
whoppings
wife's equity
willisch
Windows batch file
without due consideration
wool-gatherings
xylocinnamomum