美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-20
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. President Bush has set to name his nominee 1 to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the US Supreme 2 Court during a prime time speech to the nation.
2. Gathering 3 strength in the Gulf 4 of Mexico, Hurricane Emily gets ready to take aim at both northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.
3. Israeli police encircle an encampment of thousands of Gaza pullout opponents, pushing back a surging crowd trying to march.
4. In Baghdad, one of the Sunni Arabs named to a panel drafting Iraq's new constitution is assassinated 5 in a drive-by shooting.
5. And retired 6 Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, dies at age 91.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. encircle:VB =surround，encircle；encircles；encircling；encircled
To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them.
eg. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.
2. encampment:N，encampment；encampments
An encampment is a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by soldiers, refugees, or gypsies.
eg. ...a large military encampment.
3. surge:VB，surge；surges；surging；surged
If a crowd of people surge forward, they suddenly move forward together.
eg. The photographers and cameramen surged forward.
4. drive-by:ADJ，drive-by
A drive-by shooting or a drive-by murder involves shooting someone from a moving car.
eg. He was killed by three shots to the head in a drive-by shooting.[/b]
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句