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
A12M3
acropora digitifera
al qashah
aligning drift
altar of repose
amyl halide
apparent altitude
bernbach
bonnethead
cavafy
central closing
channels and network vessels
chise-forceps
cholangitides
chracteristic spectrum
closest-packed lattice
cocksucka
color key
colored mortar finish
compositus
condition for classification
conditions of readiness
crurifragium
customer-friendly
damers
deberture
Derivative markets
diameter of chuck
did not use to
drysuit
dumb quotes
dwain
elstobs
erm
esophageal cardiac gland
etheric
flagroots
geological geomorphology
harmonic response characteristic
heat resisting coating
Hinthagon
homologous variation
hook off
hypophora
ice-melting
industrial geography
intermediate system
interreactions
intrahaploid pairing (darlington 1937)
jaundice-root
Jeziorka
Kamuriki-yama
karat gold
koebelen
kything
Late Greek
law rule
Long Lawford
love hotel
meteor camera
moss stitch
multi-companies
multidimensional operation
neuroxanthoma
nothing like
nutrient concentration gradient
open channel water model
oriented hypersphere
osmerid
output-limited
Paracolostomy
park maintenance
peritrichan
phenyl-dihalide
pinkins
plane use rate
prepolymerization
pretendant
quasi soft
re-entrant syncline
reflected lobe
seal-skin
Sjenica
skansen
spasm band
stabil
Streptaquaine
styrene acrylic matt latex paint
Tai Lake
take up sb's refrain
teleoperated
thanen
the Procrustean bed
thimbleflower
transaction oriented output
trap-bath split
true air temperature
trunci subclavius
unliterate
very high resolution radiometer
visual activity
yellow giant hyssops