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
Abū Gamal, Jab.(Abu Gamel)
additive reaction
aerospace command and control system
air mass climatology
alternative solution
angular force
Azuma-san
blackmailers
bodyhacking
Borodayivka
branch road transportation
broad on the quarter
cablecasted
cavat emptor
cerium nitrate
common ax
concentratingtable
corpora vertebrae
cushion wavemaking resistance
deep-mouthed
demanufactured
dillapiole
domini gene
dommes
doubleholding door
draw up the ladder after oneself
dyscoimesis(dyskoimesis)
electro(o)smosis
equiform geometry
Euproctis pseudoconsphersa
fibre channel-arbitrated loop
fluventic
full-scale irradiation
furleys
Furomazine
governor valve guide
groynes
Guggenheim, Meyer
Harte
HEAC
highway transportation
hot cut method
hybristophilia
if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
IFGO, I.F.G.O.
intermaxillary
intimidation
Jincheon
juicy
knife-repair anvil
koopa
late-periods
lavache
lightning current
Lobelia siphilitica
LYLAB
magnetically recorded image
main truss gusset plate
MediaTek
moderator band
moisture and flash over voltage curve
molecular bond energy
mother buddings
natty dread
nonconservation of baryon
nonfunction package software
nonmaterial
Noormarkku
note blindness
nucleotide homopolymer
orphanizes
pitching machine
Plum cordial dry
poterba
powder lancing
pre-orogenic
precision-machined surface
primary subscript
Prioniodidae
projective normal
pulsed guidance laser
quickerer
reflated
relining of bearing
right of visit
Rolampont
rotate right
saccus lacrimalis
screening reactor
semi manufacture
shelf clouds
Skoun
sow due to farrow
splendent
staphylotomies
stripe blights
thatcheria mirabilis
thrilled
tidal differences
unguals
wheat fields
wickups