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
ack packet
allotment ratio
asclepiadaceous
beet silo
bodder
branscombs
Brosama Bin Laden
Caryophanales
cast ashore
centre delivery auger
cervical atresia
charged bolt
chrysammic acid
cinnamon-raisin
Clematis tinghuensis
coaltits
colocates
commission merchant
control subsystem
corrinoids
Crepis tianshanica
cultural script
cyclic guanosine mono phosphate
daisy wheel printer
digestive systems
direct current, dc
distribution header
draw a mixed reaction
ear notch
electronic book
epibathyal zone
expansive cement concrete pavement
Fallot's disease
fibre optic guidance
fluorite deposit
gas flow pattern
Gawer
glycosaminoglycans
habitual pattern of organizational behavior
hachey
hatchcover buffer
have in contemplation
hemigymnus fasciatus
Hirschenstein
hollow fiber ultra-filtration device
injection order
injector manifold
insulated coating
insulating varnished silk
intendments
it's an ill wind that blows no good
junction type
key cabine
letsies
logogogue
long-division
Lothlissen's points
low-copy
microprogram evaluation system
middlehand
ML clause
narcologist
nasociliay nerve
NDPC
o-phenolsulfonic acid
omnifocal lens
payment methods
pitch slip
platyscelus serratulus
polythioester
posttranscriptional control
precentral artery
preservalive
prolonged-action
rack mounted power unit
radiotopography
radium hydroxide
Rafael, I.
Rheumatex
Rhododendron heteroclitum
sdsis-s
secondary aberration
semi-pegmatitic
slapdashed
special purpose lathe
spring at
superactinide
surveying agent
tecnazene
temporary register
the bird and the bee
triple venturi carburetor
tumor of ear
tyraminase
vertebrotomy
waterloggogenic paddy soil
weakened body resistance
wexford b.
woild
yellow rattle