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
achrony
alignment requirenent
amount of the total labor of society
automatic tourniquet
backlashing
bbq sauce
be no great shakes
behavior analysis
beveridges
bind wire
boss time
Bothe, Walther Wilhelm
break away with
by yea and say
cage guiding
calculating condenser
cannon mt.
causalgias
centric bottom tapping
chinese angelicas
choleric type
commercial loan rate
completely mixed aeration systems
conciliated
consignest
constanta (constantza)
corporation of Insurance Agents
cyner
dehas
DIADECTOMORPHA
discount granted
disk type cutter
distribution of expense
dixon
draftage
drill runner
electric megaphone
empirical bayes inference
explosive process
fire extinguishing with inert gas
flat ring dynamo
flutizenol
Funduus
garnet-phyllite
handchimes
have it in
hirayamas
ice-wagons
iron-fist
jussives
kelce
Kirchheim bei München
kities
ligaments of auditory ossicles
Linxiang Formation
loop inversion
low-water degradation
magnesium arsenide
mall-builder
Mantova(Mantua)
marotta
menstrual toxemia
mode of intellectual functioning
non-automatic tumble dryer
norplufiine
on-time performance
open simple cycle gas turbine
overdesirous
paintover
phlebas
property manager
quinceys
redress of a grievance
reference test bar
resistance to fatigue
retrograde block
roll-over certificate of deposit
Rubus suavissimus
screw and nut steering gear
seisin
semi-fermented tea
sessile trillium
shrub-coppice dune
silit
stacking pellets
stafford cloth
standard frequency and time signal station
steady turning
storied cork
storries
stream anchor
throning
tillage objective
to deal with
two-throw
undercarriage
ungrammaticized
Vagina processus styloidei
variable pitch separator
wainwright
wing plough
zinc oxide eugenol cement