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
allogroup
antirealism
Aphiochaeta
appassionata
Beer,August
ben stiller
blue striped heavy cees
bonne nuit
branched (carbon) chain
bubble concrete
bussard
camera light
caverna
center of dispersion
chart-makings
China Democratic National Construction Association
chromatogram analyzer
clutch of windlass
cobaltine (cobaltite)
coevolving
Cologne spirit
commutatorless varying-speed motor
cytidyltransferases
despecialize
detergent power
difficult-to-treat
Disjuction
documentary credits
dodge into
double the angle on the bow
dryopteris thelypteriss
electronic image memory device
ereosun
Eureka steps
express shipment container
extraneous reflex
Family Health Services Authority
float rudder
fore-peak bulkhead
fortilice
friction head loss
fuel level gauge
grab rod
griesses
Guéguen, L.
have more sauce than pig
high Command
high torgue throw-out shear pin
homomerous flower
ianni
impresses
insteps
Japanese honeywort
jingoism
joppas
kend-
knubbed
kutu
lighted marks
localizationists
logic database definition
Lyme disease
magistra
makgadikgadi
mesne profits
mist green
natural harmonics
orbitomental
ourset
pannache
peroxysulphuric acid
phising
phytocoenobiology
podley
potexvirus cymbidium mosaic virus
prepaid rent account
Priolithos
produce the rabbit out of the hat
purophosphorolysis
quartz watch
raked pile
resistance bulb thermometer
rope capping metal
rubber insulation
Sanaigmore Bay
scorpioides
sea plug
soil subtype
sparse foliage
splashed down
stamp the trade mark
the Union
timer supervision
tinplate manufacture
trihydroxyethylamine stearate
truvat
unharmed fruit
unregenerate
usagist
vantiem
work fixture
yardlong