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
'Count' Basie
actual market price
aerial topographic map
annual roll-forward basis
antimony bloom
astragulin
be beforehand with
bed material size
bevelling board
camargues
cascade of profiles
character index
chariotlike
charrack
chiang kan
Chicago typewriter
chiridius poppei
classical system theory
climate prediction
Colina do Norte
commercial grade fuel
consecutive infection
cycle of operations
d layer
DC motor generator
dichloralide
disintegrating granite
euglenids
fanned-out
final drive gear
finishing tough
fortunate
fringeth
Galaxidhion
give one pause
gloomfully
Grayridge
greatest common factor
Hertenstein
hypertrophy of pylorus
hypophysioprivic
Höpfingen
instrument-making industry
insurances
interior semidegree
irrigation field
Jack out of office
Jerup
Kelvin's statement of the second law of thermodynamics
Komati River
language learning
Leishman-Donovani body
light ship disphacement
loess-like material
Lulonga
lump sum distribution
made-up article
Marasmius
micro alloy
microaggressive
nasal irrigation
national patrimony
nervous control
obuasi
omnidirectional radio beacon
on-spot record
Ophiostomatales
opto-mechanical mouse
partial safety factor for action
phase comparison angle-selection
polyphenylene ethyl
power pole
retrieval program
retrospectus
scandenolide
schweig
semiconductor laser gain dynamics
show-jumpers
Siler divaricatum Benth.
social-affairs
specific catalysis
spinnin'
stirring arm
Styrax subniveus
sulphonphthalein
supra-orbital notch
system of absolute unit
tahiti
tarverse motion
thermotactic optimum
thetical
tioman
twin missile carrier
undissembled
unedic
uneven ground
variation series
waffinger
whackers
wontner