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
acrophytes
affairss
aging coefficient
air removal section
anchor mooring and towing arrangement
apocalypto
aquae phenolata pro disinfectione
arsenazoes
as hard as a stone
bejart
Borgou(Borgu)
borscht
Buayj
business traveling expense
buyed
Caulerpaceae
channel utilization factor
chatspaces
cinoas
claret-coloured
coding disk
commission of general gaol delivery
construction firms
corneys
corres
corsac foxes
cranial arachnoid
cylinder pickup
delire
delta risk
different temperature
disequilibrium syndrome
education insurance
educational view
endless band
engine conditioning
ephaptic
fac-
filtrability index
fondant cream
forward trading
Gomphidiaceae
Gulf-ICWW menhaden
gypsid
heat exchange coefficient
hypochondrias
i-preysed
idioventricular
intertex
invasionist
jacquard mechanism
juniperus flaccidas
Katsuragi-san
kixes
kretzmann
light dependent resistors
maksoorah
marine telegraph
membranae vibrans
micromastia
mo(u)lded relief map
modified user name
motor starting characteristic
nuclear research reactor
oaty
obliviscence
omaso-abomasal
outmetal
Oxytropis neimonggolica
Parazine
pentavalence
persulfides
pizotyline
polacanthids
preventable
protocol port
pseudonus squamiceps
ragdolls
relative intersection multiplicity
RN (reconvergent node)
Sangmangodo
savelha
Sirgaon
skilifts
slumberwear
statistical packages
subproportional reducer
sulpho-aluminate cement
syntono-
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
thermal regenerative cell
think about sb
tomium (pl.tomia)
trimma caudomacaulata
Ulrich Zwingli
underground explosion
USB port
wen li
window region
worsteds
Zanthoxylum rhombifoliolatum
Zanthus