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. Ice and snow are making for treacherous 1 travel this holiday weekend. Power is out to thousands of homes in the Midwest. At least five people have died from pileups in several states.


2. In an early morning tragedy, fire destroyed a Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida. No one was injured.The flames lit up the sky. The sanctuary 2 burned to the ground, but the gymnasium was spared. Church officials say that is where they will hold Christmas services. An investigation 3 is underway.


3. Roger Clemens is again denying he ever used steroids or injected anything into his body. The all-star pitcher 4 posted a video on his website and Youtube. His name was prominent in the Mitchell Report that detailed 5 baseball players' steroid use. Clemens says he plans to answer questions about allegations in the future.


4. Santa Claus is getting an early start to Christmas. He is greeting boys and girls at his home in Finland. The North Pole is too busy for guests at this time of year. Tomorrow night, Saint Nicolas will be off on his sleigh, delivering toys to children worldwide.



1 treacherous
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的
  • The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
  • The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
2 sanctuary
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
  • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
  • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
5 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
学英语单词
acoustically transparent pressure vessel
alkali tyre reclaim
alpine forest
anadur
analysis of a network
anisotropic fracture
anogrammas
apply within
arabitic acid
as-maintained
at peacest
balancing-machine
bardo
Barra do Mendes
be well in hand
bring back to life
burst diaphragm
calosphenisca quinquemaculata
chromatomyia nigra
chungke
close-mouthed
connecting filament
controversion
counter-Quranic
curing formula
dallapiccolas
depolished
diabetogenic hormone
drug toxicity
dryopteris lacera
dust bin
earth-colored
enzymatic bydrolysis
Eudunda
even-minded
faldore
family Callithricidae
fancy packing box
foliaceous texture
gap series
geological suitability
goal poacher
gossany
gugelmins
gyri temporales transversi
head rig
helix-parameter
high-resolution spectroscopy
integral computer
integrated view
jurisdiction in patent disputes
kennealy
lady gardens
legal function
light detector
lordship
loss on foreign exchange transactions
maytine
molecular beam epitaxial growth
multi-tools
mutinying
nickel(ii) acetate
Norwegian buhund
note frequency
open-wire circuit
outfoots
paligraphia
Papaloapan
pentosyltransferase
petroski
phaeopigments
poetettes
pressure engraving machine
purple states
radio canal
random factor
rauwolfia alkaloids
rf period
row-width tests
scale-independent
sccm
share compiler
skokie
standability
state-side
Steam Machine
strongyloides ransomi
submarine forest
supporting force
Tamsalosin
technopole
tela aranea
thorsten
timber shed
unclassed taura syndrome
United States Law of Neutrality
unstationary star
uterine tamponade
varsovienne
white sapphire
wire-drawing die
woolly Chinese hydrangeavine