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's still looking like a miserable 1 end of a miserable year for retailers 2, with a lot of shoppers today turning up their noses at deep discounts and simply returning unwanted gifts. One analyst 3 says after an early surge, mall turnout is lighter 4 than expected today.


2.A Los Angeles County coroner official says a ninth body has been recovered from a home where a gunman shot up a Christmas Eve party and set the house ablaze 5. The ninth body was found this morning in the gutted 6 structure.


3.Intelligence officials say Pakistan has started to redeploy thousands of troops to the Indian border from the tribal 7 areas near Afghanistan. The move is frustrating 8 officials in India as well as the U.S. where there are fears Pakistan is letting its guard down in the fight against Al-Qaeda.


4.Santa Claus is back in action. Father Frost as he is known in Russia made his traditional appearance in Moscow today where he handed out some gifts and helped kick off the New Year celebrations.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.gutted: adj


It’s used to describe the situation in which the interior of a building has been badly destroyed.


2.kick off: phrase


Informal to kick off sth is to start sth or announce the beginning of certain activities



1 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
2 retailers
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
3 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
4 lighter
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
5 ablaze
adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的
  • The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上,那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
  • Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。
6 gutted
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 );取出…的内脏
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望?我是伤心透了!
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 tribal
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
8 frustrating
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
apple fruit borer
artemesias
blackskins
Ceener
center-punch
channel-surf
CHIONIDAE
Chope
circular polarization antenna
comingled
compressor exhauster unit
contunuous wedling
coronal fibers
crawling horror
decomplexations
depropenizer
design rule
desynonymized
devulcanizing
differential element
downhill journey
electronic redlining
endoscopic control section
eulachnus taiwanus
euonymus lanceifolia loes.
flagged rate
fuel oil storage system
fuel sheet
generalized t2 distribution
genetic mother
get back at someone
go to Cain's
goldarned
goudimel
head-wind
Henslowe, Philip
Hentiy
hollow-conductor-cooled rotor
hurricane surge
interosseous nerve
intrahepatic cholangitis
jack tree
John Rowlands
Kiyose
lamina of thyroid cartilage
lanthanide-exchanged zeolite
lasureus
locking it down
loose leaf book
Ludlow Series
magnetic induction
mesocosms
mesomorphy
methyloxamidic acid
midline of fetal head
morally bankrupt
myoepitheliosis
neo-ergot
net irradiance
Notacanthidae
order phasmatodeas
ordinary offense
outswimming
oxidation-reduction buffer
permometer
phase out
Pilea oxyodon
piquancies
pore orientation distribution
psychoauditory area
quartzose laterite
queen post roof truss
railroad yard
recalescences
rectal temperature
resident executive module
riri
rodomontado
shrimp body cramp
silkworm room
single-cylinder and single-flow steam turbine
siphonophorous
sooner states
specific strength
spongy substance of bones
step down ratio
stirring vane column
stowrack
sulcus intermedius anterior
Szczekociny
take a turn for the better
thabane
tilt stand
TKD
translucent plastic sheet
Trumbull, Jonathan
trypsininhibitory substance
ultimately controlled variable
underwater concrete
unplite
walk the chalk
zacharies