时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. Thousands of Iraqi Shiites took to the streets to celebrate the death sentence that was handed down to Saddam Hussein Sunday. The ousted 1 dictator's fellow Sunnis paraded through his hometown vowing 3 to avenge 4 the verdict.

2. President Bush is hitting the campaign trail Sunday in support of Republican candidates in Nebraska and Kansas. With two days remaining before voters head to the polls, Bush is doing all he can to maintain GOP control over both the House and the Senate.

3. Church members heard an apology from Reverend Ted 2 Haggard in Colorado today. In the statement read by another clergyman, Haggard called himself "a deceiver and a liar 5" and said he had a dark side. A gay male escort says he had sex with Haggard for the past three years and that Haggard used drugs.

4. Organizers start gearing up for the 80th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Larger-than-life balloons were inflated 6 and marched around the parking lot at a giant stadium in New Jersey 7.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. escort: person or group of persons who protect or guide; armed guard (of ships, planes, etc.); man who accompanies a woman (on a date, to a dance, etc.)



1 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
2 ted
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
3 vowing
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
4 avenge
v.为...复仇,为...报仇
  • He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。
  • He will avenge the people on their oppressor.他将为人民向压迫者报仇。
5 liar
n.说谎的人
  • I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了,一个又偷又骗的家伙!
  • She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。
6 inflated
adj.(价格)飞涨的;(通货)膨胀的;言过其实的;充了气的v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨
  • He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
  • They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 jersey
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
学英语单词
air traffic system command center
Alpinia pricei
ant nest
arachno
arterial arcades
auxiliary fire vehicle
bearwort
betula davurica pall.
blended light oils
bottom-chroming
bridgeness
business deduction
Buxbaumiales
cabled yarn
cancellation law of multiplication
chemurgist
chloride of amyl
Chromax
cognate ejecta
collar knot
concast
core raised
criminal classical school
crystal structure of high polymer and macromolecule
cutoff statement of bank
diehardism, die-hardism
dimensioning template
double jump
economic operational mechanism
electron-positron interaction
ESA-IRS
estimated quantity
express order
fairy
field wire
fire death
forcipules
gasoline tanker
Geniocracy
gigohms
give someone his due
gnome experiment
ground-return circuit
H-ALP
herpes zoster
hold list
hotmail.com
ignominy
immunotech
incense-smoke
installation verification procedure
interconnect analysis
investor protection
lacquer petroleum
lipld paoteinosis
load ratio control transformator
MADS-box
magnolia amoena cheng
manoaos
marriage by purchase
merthe
mocaya oil
multi objective system
munches
nasal columella
nfl
nonrecoverable
nonvirilized
pantropically
par ticipation
Poa alpigena
population pattern of association
positive displacement supercharger
proceeded
pulsating bending fatigue strength
push wave
rags on
retreat into
return of stroke
riende
run-time instance
running service-bulletin of depot
rushwork
salt lead
San Luis
scandium hydroxysulfate
Schellenbergian
seasing
sloping louver of the hood
snow-driving wind
stemcell
tie-time
time-sharing base register
torridincolids
tough alloy steel
trailer house
ultramodern
unproductive mania
uterine applicator
valrhona
wonder boys
ysabel