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


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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
a case in point
abies balsam
Ad grat. acid.
Adergon
agoraphobe
air-blower
air-borne contaminant
animal immunology
antipape
arcform
artificial sun
bank the fires
Bobrach
brake lining disc
calcium-manganese-silicon alloy
caloneis ophiocephala
CAPHO
charops striata
china clay chamotte
chloroben
common centre of curvature
complicatic acid
compressed air gauge
concurrent input output
continuous discount
control absorber
copine
crate address
dendral
depreciation-appraisal method
desmoplastic reaction
dissipation of difference scheme
double pivot attack
double pricing
dual diametraldimension
electrifying
electrodialyser
estimated assets
eucrystalline
Evenki Autonomous Okrug
ewer with raised lotus petals
Flumucil
FMAITP
fyodor dostoyevskies
GALS/HR
get the worst of it
ground fault current
help-wanted advertising
hexoctahedrons
high-pressure nervous syndrome
home radio
hong kong identity card
honourifically
hyalohyphomycoses
i-sunehed
integrated cryogenic isotope cooling engine system
interconnectedly
kalfax
Kashin-Beck's disease
keep one's mind on
ketas
layer of fusiform cells
Legree Simon
macboo
main scheduler
marthe
microdyne scrubber
nides
nocking
Parolfactory
pharaoh's ant
portable console
post-irradiation polymerization
Pujunan
Rhododendron xanthostephanum
rhythmic deposition
Rickettsia pediculi
rife
rouler
salwar
semilenses
sinospiral fibers
sleeping dropsy
spirited away
spring hole
substitute for leadership
tanniniferous idioblast
teacher centre
tetraisoamyl lead
to the last drop of one's blood
torsional shear test
truth quarks
ultrasparse
uniform equicontinuity
users tolerance
valence shell
vermilionville
Von der Wall Point
wave around
wave character of matter
West Vancouver
wind tunnel computer