时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(十二月)


英语课

 1. Thousands residents gathered in the Egyptian city of Mansoura  Tuesday, to mourn the victims of a deadly bombing in the police headquarter. At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack , that the government has blamed on Islamic militants 1.


 
 
2. 2 American Astronauts took their second space walk in 4 days, to make final critical repairs to the international space station's cooling system. Astronaut Mike Hopkins said it felt like he was opening a presence on Christmas morning, as they successfully installed a new pump module 2.
 
 
3. Back on earth, the day before Christmas was looking a lot like today after Christmas as stores attempted to lure 3 in last minute's shoppers, with special deals and discounts, on the heels of what analysts 4 say has been a disappointing season.
 
 
4. And "Bah, humbug 5!". Police say a man dressed as Santa Claus was shot in the back with pellet gun at a toy giveaway in the nation's capital. He was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injury. 

1 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
2 module
n.组件,模块,模件;(航天器的)舱
  • The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
  • Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。
3 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
4 analysts
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
5 humbug
n.花招,谎话,欺骗
  • I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug.我知道,我说的话在他看来不过是彻头彻尾的慌言。
  • All their fine words are nothing but humbug.他们的一切花言巧语都是骗人的。
学英语单词
- motive
agency audit
andesite
anisoyl
Apollo Glacier
automatic differentiation
automatic storage
bare patch
bid decision
blunt round file
books close
Brockley
bulleyana
cazenave
charging box
chemicals measuring tank
ciliary nerve
Claro, Pizzo di
clearwire
cliticizations
colossianss
commercial free zone
controversiall
countdowns
courtesy of someone
critical group
disheritor
djiboes
E.P.A., e.p.a.
EM (emergency)
encephalothlipsis
eoanthropera
fact reporting
flag toggle
flexible image transport system
formatted program out listing
genus moehringias
gesticulators
glycymeridids
goodwill mission
graphical diagram
Grub-street
Heteropanax brevipedicellatus
homothermal
honest to gods
in trace quantities
Ixora sinensis Lam.
laue function
mainpin
march upon
menoroth
monosis
mould protease
myxomatous
Nervus cutaneus surae lateralis
Novoflurazine
open-bay
operating loop
output data strobe
packing cargo transport unit
Pineto
plus modifiers
powercontrolled
protophyte
QAP
quantity surveyors
quarantine flag
quiet-sun noise
rainbow granite
ramp sth up
read the proof
ribbon saw
rice sorter
satle
sea/air plans
seashore new land
seroprotectivity
Shammar
shao huo
ship propulsion appliances
sight head
silo launch facility
slab core
smoked Irishmen
soap treatment
space charge region
spin base
spin module
sponges
strike the happy mean
sundry debtors account
tetrastich
thermal agitation noise
Twilight of the Gods
unsteady cavity
vaporization adjustment
weche
welled
white-backed planthopper
wild mouth bottle
Yeogi-san