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
abel-smith
abrasion-resistant cast iron
acid proofing agent
adjustable sieve
Aksuat
arbitrabilities
architectural monument
baruch Hashem
bawbees
biyadhoo (biyadoo )
cardinal index
carmeli
cationic collector
CCDD
coccis
colour tube
Compiler Massachusetts Institute of Technology
compressional mirror
cross-cousins
cubic yards
cupric oxalate
davy l.
dental hypoplasia
diapiric fold
disapprobative
diseased tissues
distribution plate
Diuranthera minor
dragline crane
editing of Hollerith data
ennea-
Eupodidae
evasion fiscal
exhaust-turbine
fast recovery diode
fast-operate-fast-release relay
Fritillaria ussuriensis
gastrea
gentiodextrin
gephart
gonobase
gravity oil feed
hairy fungus beetle
house insurance
hsi liang y?eh
huggers
hydrostatic steering
in-band signalling system
indrises
infirma
international syndicated bank loans
iopydol
kjellstrom
knock sb. into the middle of next week
lap choly
lyreleaf sage
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Maroni River
metaarthritic
METF
mud thinner
mugelloes
nervi clunium medii
normative projection
obmutescent
omni range digital radar
out of shape
outbring
paisans
paleophytologist
papyrus
philologic
Photinia villosa
pteropod
pulsating energy
pvap
radar engineering
radio counterpart
reduced scale prototype model test
rightangleclamp
roomheater
rope's-ended
rotor disk
Seattle Seahawks
Sebastiania
selective interchangeability
sequenced packet protocol
silicon field-effect transistor
sneeze
sparmate
srcs
state table
sucked ass
swing away heater
sylvanias
thick slurry
through-
time length
underpayment
visibility conditions
wiggly
winter annual plant