时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1. John Roberts, President Bush's pick for the Supreme 1 Court, begins making his case to senators who will decide whether to confirm him.

2. In Iraq, three minutes of silence are held for victims of a massive suicide blast over the weekend and for victims of another attack last week.

3. Following the London suicide blasts, Britain's Blair says he is considering calling a global conference on eliminating Islamic extremism.

4. On Capitol Hill, Fed chief Alan Greenspan signals more interest rate increases while the U.S. economy set to produce sustained growth.

5. And, remote-controlled robot jockeys become a fixture 2 in camel races in the United Arab Emirates after a ban imposed on using children.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. remote-controlled :ADJ,remote-controlled
A remote-controlled machine or device is controlled from a distance by the use of radio or electronic signals.
eg. Three soldiers were killed by a remote-controlled bomb.

2. jockey :N-COUNT,jockey;jockeys
A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race.

3. fixture :N-COUNT,fixture;fixtures
If you describe someone or something as a fixture in a particular place or occasion, you mean that they always seem to be there.
eg. The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.



adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • 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。
n.固定设备;预定日期;比赛时间;定期存款
  • Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
  • The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。
学英语单词
al-amarah
antilabour
Araka
asamblea
autosuggestive
bang head against
Belg
blade with stepped root
bottom inner casing
bronnert process
buttillaries
calsey
Christia obcordata
coincidence factor
cone-apex angle
control of nematode
crude-copper
crustal disturbance
cultivated grassland
curry muncher
cyberbanks
digitalia
discharage
dredging equipment
drying hopper
dzhou
earthing installation
eclipse end
ecocritical
electronic punch
Eugaimardia
film scribing
fornicate
frances elizabeth caroline willards
Fugo
Garnet-jade
gear-stocking cutter
grade compensation
guttae argenti nitratis
Honeywell file access system
Hubble Atlas
hyalitis punctata
improper installation
infrared-guided missile
inter specified index
islet cell transplantation
Jackson's candle turbidimeter
Jerichoite
kidney tubules
Kwania, L.
leached
low-ceilinged
machinery classification certificate
make perfect
mononuclear leukocyte
moving coordinate
mucoraceaes
oil-gas anticlinal deposit
oner
oriente
output register empty
parlier
parroket, parroquet
periodograms
perturbant
pig-run
plasma lemma(seifriz 1928)'plasma membrane
polar code
polyvinyl acetate resin adhesive
Primula epilithica
pseudoglaucoma
psoralea esculentas
pyrolytic gas chromatography
relman
Rhododendron pemakoense
rough-terrain truck
SAP97
Scaliger, Joseph Justus
schwedler
seeming
show ankle
sialis lutarias
Staroye Maksimkino
str/n mouse
submitting entity
subroutine analyzer
supporting block for location
swing link guide
thermal chemical vapor deposition
thermocople junction
three-point attitude
threw her weight around
transposition type
triophosphoramide
turbocompressors
utility tape processor
vestigital sideband
water proofing of basement
wavelength resolution
way-going crop
wheat consumption
yellow tail