美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-15
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. As he embarks 2 on an 8-day trip to Asia, President Bush is expected to take a parting shot at critics of the war in Iraq.
2. An assault by US and Iraqi troops trying to keep insurgents 3 from crossing from Syria into Iraq reportedly kills 50 insurgents.
3. The US military says it detained and later released an Iraqi last year, who had the same name as one of three suicide bombers 4 in Jordan.
4. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Middle East makes a quick side trip to Jordan to offer condolences for the victims of the Amman bombings.
5. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stung by ballot 5 defeats back home kicks off a Far East tour to promote California businesses
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. embark 1
1 embark embarks embarking 6 embarked 7
If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it.
He's embarking on a new career as a writer.
The government embarked on a programme of radical 8 economic reform.
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2. parting shot
parting shot parting shots
If someone makes a parting shot, they make an unpleasant or forceful remark at the end of a conversation, and then leave so that no-one has the chance to reply.
He turned to face her for his parting shot. `You're one coldhearted woman, you know that?'
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3. kick off
2 kick off kicks off; kicking off; kicked off
If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.
The shows kick off on October 24th.
The Mayor kicked off the party.
We kicked off with a slap-up dinner.
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- He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
- Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。
- Patricia is a free-spirited girl who embarks on an erotic odyssey. 翠茜亚是个任性少女、毅然踏上一次性爱之旅。
- Passenger train driver: Punctually embarks. 客车司机：准时出发。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
- The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。
- We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。
- She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins. 她开始讲本市的起源。