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
abnormalism
absolute magnitude of surplus value
adaptation kit
address tape
angular focusing
Antarctic Canyon
antheridiogen
Anthracotherioidea
beam luminosity
belands
benzyl acetamide
blanket finish
block supplementary
brunns
busbar scrape
cheiralgia
Cingulata
contrast agent
coordinate space
cycle readout
Danaulamo
data governance
decrement ratio
decussatio lemnisci
derogatoriness
design improvement program
Diplovertebron
Doolittle viscosimeter
download accelerator
dynamics of satellites
etiocholanolone
fund for equipment investment
Gaiba
goetschies
hay grab with monorail troley
hayducks
hereditary localized pruritus
homology character
hypoplastic dwarves
impressions for cerebral gyri
instruction main line
jazzophiles
jobmasters
John Webster
Lansing virus
last-in still-here
lawle
Legal System of Ship ArrestGreece
ligamenta cuneometatarsea interossea
mesh-controlled storage digisplay
minimal response design
non-uniform bridge
nonunderstanding
nordmann
not cricket
off-price merchandise
Oligostachyum spongiosum
organ of Ribaga
phenolic alcohol
piccaninny
primary hemostatic response
princ
prior year
probability proportionate
ratio of operating expenses to sales
realistic picture
regulated water stage
rito
rock sequences
safety member
salak
Saraya
sat-com
saving human life
second-order correction
sensory-motors
Shajiang black soil
special token
strong nuclear force
subfeued
suckpipe
survivor benefit
swear out a warrant
the fens
the shade of the betrothed
townsend characteristic
transfer clock
transit with stadia wires
translatory motion
trivial response
trying contract
tumbril
two-stage hydrocracking
unit sequence starting relay
unmotivation
unnamed block data subprogram
vagetarian
valve-cock
victual(l)er
vinyl polymers
wet steam
xylolith (xylotile)