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. In central Iraq, south of Baghdad, a suicide car bomber 1 targets US troops handing out toys to children at a hospital with the blast killing 2 30 people.

2. Two people are hurt after a balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade snags the streetlight causing part of it to fall into the crowd.

3. The European Union accuses Iran of having documents that serve no other purpose in showing how to produce nuclear warheads.

4. In China, a slick of river-borne toxins 4 from a chemical plant explosion flows into a major city amid efforts to protect residents.

5. And a 100-pound woman wins a turkey-eating contest in New York, gobbling more than four pounds turkey in just 12 minutes.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. snag
2 snag snags snagging snagged
If you snag part of your clothing on a sharp or rough object or if it snags, it gets caught on the object and tears.
She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground.
Brambles snagged his suit.
Local fishermen complained that their nets kept snagging on some underwater objects.
V-ERG
= catch

2. slick
4 slick slicks
A slick is the same as an oil slick.
Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
N-COUNT

3. toxin 3
toxin toxins
A toxin is any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants.
Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.
Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.
N-VAR

4. gobble
gobble gobbles gobbling gobbled
If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
Pete gobbled all the beef stew 5.
VB



n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
n.毒素,毒质
  • Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
  • Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。
n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )
  • The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
  • Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑
  • The stew must be boiled up before serving.炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
  • There's no need to get in a stew.没有必要烦恼。
学英语单词
absorption reaction rate
abuse of law
acrobatic show
Aleksandrinka
Allo-PBSCT
application workspace
arbitrally
blinking method of stereoscopic viewing
brass watch case blank
Chilean tinamous
cixiid
clap-hand
common laburnum
compartment hot well
compartmentalised
conductivity
contra-cyclical measures
Coquimbo owl
cross platform
cyclotheric sedimentation
dc data set
determinable freeholds
diacetylurea
dicumarols
elasto-aerodynamics
erosional vacuity
erotematic
final thermomechanicaltreatment
Gamu
general most favoured nation clause
glory of the snow
green goodss
gyroso-
hally
haylee
hofners
hydrated stock
hyperthite
idiologism
in the jug
incidental cost
ioduretted
items sample
keep on trucking
kindjals
koevoets
laminated clay
Lasianthus formosensis
leveling off
macro-observation
magmatic circulation
marine windscreen
mGal, mgal
moisture measurer for sand and stone
muscle scars
N.C.
nbcc
nobeliums
nuclenoic
NuLab
on-state characteristic
peritoneal tap
phthioic acid
plate mangle
prends
prevention of collision
prolmon tablet
pyramidal cells
raw mast
reactor coolant system cold leg isolation valve
Regranex
relative-entropy
reliability index of generating system
risto
Rubus chiliadenus
sit down to
solti
standard reference materials
starch ester
static stability margin
stochastic procss
strict secrecy
stupiditarian
superior characters
switching pulse
symbiotic action
synedra undulata
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
systematic production of substitution lines
thuggish
total corneal transplantation
total variation decreasing scheme
Tuamarina
twin-screw conveyor
TWTA
ultraviolet radiations
unintentional nonlinearity
unquietous
wassily chair
wax string
y.m