美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-25
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Hurricane Wilma plows 1 ashore 2 as a Category 3 storm battering 3 southern Florida with tornados 5, high winds and pounding waves.
2. Three massive vehicle bombs explode near a Baghdad hotel that houses many western journalists, killing 6 at least 20 people.
3. President Bush names top White House econimic advisor 7 Ben Bernanke to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
4. Scuba 8 diving teams pull nearly 250 people from their homes in Cuba after waves churned by Wilma flood the capital Havana.
5. And in Tbilisi Georgia residents celebrate City Day by drinking freshly pressed wine, listening to music and watching folk dancing.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. tornado 4
tornado tornadoes 9 or tornados
A tornado is a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot of damage.
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2. scuba diving
scuba diving
Scuba diving is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment. The equipment consists of cylinders 10 of air which you carry on your back and which are connected to your mouth by rubber tubes.
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scuba dive
I signed up to learn how to scuba dive.
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- Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。
- Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
- The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
- He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
- They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
- While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网