时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)


英语课

1. The Senate's second-ranking Democratic leader thinks there are enough votes to ratify 1 a nuclear arms treaty with Russia before year's end. But the No.2 Senate GOP leader says this treaty needs to be fixed 2 and there's not enough time to do it. Senators debate on the New START treaty in a rare Sunday session.


 


2. Israeli police found the body of a female American tourist with multiple stab wounds and her hands bound behind her back. Authorities believe it was a politically-motivated attack by two Arab men. They identified the victim as 40-year-old Christine Logan, but didn't say where she was from.


 


3. Stranded 3 travelers slept on makeshift beds at European airports Sunday as wintry weather caused travel havoc 4. Storm dashed the hopes of those attempting to head away for the holidays.


 


4. Kate Middleton made her first public appearance Saturday night since announcing her engagement to Prince William. The pair attended a cancer charity fundraising event.



1 ratify
v.批准,认可,追认
  • The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
  • The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
4 havoc
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
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Act-Hib
address gate
adjustable head t square
advertising norms report
analytic covering space
Argentiera
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before you know it
beginning of a year
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eclosion clock
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face veil
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