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
airhood
alimentous
animal puzzle
anticrop
Arthropitys
automatic reusability technique
Banson boiler
beaverette
Benkara
bioral
catcalling
cholecysto-ileostomy
comerade
computer hybrids
computer-aided learning
darwinisms
dischides belcheri
disinger
Dotokdong
dyshormonism
dysmelic
epitheliochorial type
external losses
eye-lotion
figure poem
floating point input/output
forming effect
fornix sacci lacrimalis
gee up!
genus Galeopsis
German ivy
global meteorological satellite observation system
hand brake transfer lever
hashima
hematic abscess
himmel
historical geology
homogeneous magnetic field
infortuned
inscribed square
intersystolic period
irroborate
japanese capitals
key bargaining
lateral line
LORAN double slave
m. stylohyoideus
made ducks and drakes
mazenod
meridean
muffle block
multipotencies
murine virus testing
national interagency fire center
Negra, Loma
nitidulid beetle
nontuplet
overcultivate
oxygen-converter steel
oxygen-isotope method
packer timing coupling
periodic-automatic-reclosing equipment
peripheral venography
phae
pinching off
pneumatic veneer clipper
preddy
principal telescope
probationership
program-length
propeller-blade area
resistance of setting
respectabilized
respiratory systems
rhodesiella elegantula
rhombic enantiomorphous class
roll reversal
rumaylah
salt licks
scanning standard
sensory bud
Sinostomatograptus
standard hygrometer
standard meat
summerweight
swooping on
symmetric determinant
tackle
tarbooshes
tension rope deflection sheave
test/observations included within an ordered test battery
thermochemical equation
thimble punch holder
three-chord bridge
Tungkang-lingian Age
two step control
tympanic artery
type libraries
vagino-colic fistula
Ve.
violinist's cramp
wearing depth