时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月


英语课

1. It looks like Illinois state lawmakers won't be getting into the criminal case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich as they consider whether he should be impeached 1. Federal prosecutors 2 today asked them not to delve 3 into the case, saying they're concerned it could hurt their own investigation 4.


2. Some commuters in Washington got a scare this morning as a massive water main break turned this road into a raging river. A number of people had to be saved, including this pair who had to be airlifted to safety.


3. Winter weather is leading to hundreds of flights being canceled in Chicago and delays at both O'Hare International and Midway airports. Dozens of Amtrak passengers are also reporting being stranded 5 in Chicago for more than 12 hours awaiting a New York-bound train.


4. A couple of giant pandas are getting used to their new home. The two arrived in Taiwan today. They are a gift from China as the rivals try to better their relationship.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. delve: v.


If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.


2. water main: n.


a large underground pipe that carries the public supply of water to buildings


 



1 impeached
v.控告(某人)犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 );弹劾;对(某事物)怀疑;提出异议
  • Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
3 delve
v.深入探究,钻研
  • We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
  • We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。
4 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。
5 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
学英语单词
-termer
absent mindedly
acid-cured varnish
adequate variability
age-dependent
Aldomin
amphitheatre river terrace
Archosargus rhomboidalis
astrocytic glioma
automatic-frequency correction
ballotist
binary one
bleeding from five aperture or subcutaneous tissue
Bog Eyed
car retarder motor
carbon monoxide acetate
caterpillar belt
cautery knife
congenital curvature of penis
cortico-striatal-spinal degeneration
cushaw
cyberscapes
Duszniki
eight keyed flute
espouser
executed writ
exerpt
fictional
for a minute
fossae incisiva
free-moving traffic
gastroesophagostomy
genus Stellaria
glass-Si heterojunction solar cell
Gra.
greifensteinite
hard error status
Hilutangan Chan.
hohmann transfer orbit
in one's soul of souls
intubator set
kidful
kofy
kondry
lairssez-passer, laisser-passer
latch-release cylinder
latispinus
leukokinetic
liver-blood deficiency
memory-span
merge in resolution
moonke
Musculus scalenus minimus
Naegele's rule
ndus
nephelinization
non-cutting movement
norm of material reserve
ocean color imager (oci)
offset screw driver
on her radar
Overseas Intelligence Data System
partitionism
Payment For Order Flow
phenanthryne
pilot-wire circuit
plane discontinuity
Pol Roger
prionospio japonicus
probability ratio test
profascists
reasoning that
reliability of economic forecasting
remote job receiving and dissemination
repect
rescussor
sarong party girl
scyphose
secondary cohomology operation
selsyn-digital converter
serial plate camera
service feature
sewing bee
sextetts
shell boiler
special splice plate
St-Cyr-sur-Loire
static source
sun pinion
supported wall
TANSTAAFL
tetrazonium salt
thermal circuitbreaker
threat evaluation
toroidal inductor force
trenchful
tympanitic area over gastric bubble
vertical tail area
vestibular crest
wardeine
whitehorne
wide angle v belt