时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


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1. Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack are the top contenders for this year’s County Music Association Awards. Snaring 1 6 nominations 2 each, among the other big name nominees 3, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Gretchen Wilson, Sugarland, Rascal 4 Flatts and George Strait.

2. Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West promises to stick to music at this week's NFL opening kick-off concert in L.A. Last week of course join a telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors 5 on NBC, West verbally lashed 7 out at President Bush, alleging 8 that he doesn’t care about black people.

3. And GQ's "Woman of the Year" is Charlotte Church, the magazine hails the Welsh teen as a role model , praising her transformation 9 from opera child prodigy 10 to a pop star.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. contender
contender contenders
A contender is someone who takes part in a competition. (JOURNALISM)
Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain's Olympic squad 11.
Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N for/in n

2. rapper
rapper rappers
A rapper is a person who performs rap music.
The British pop charts have been dominated by rappers like MC Hammer in recent months.
N-COUNT

3. verbal
1 verbal
You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action.
They were jostled and subjected to a torrent 12 of verbal abuse.
We have a verbal agreement with her.
The West must back up its verbal support with substantial economic aid.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

· verbally
Teachers were threatened with kitchen knives, physically 13 assaulted and verbally abused.
Twins often have difficulty expressing themselves verbally.
ADV

4. lash 6 out
2 lash out lashes 14 out; lashing 15 out; lashed out
If you lash out at someone or something, you speak to them or about them very angrily or critically.
As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.
The Cuban leader lashed out against the policy of the US President.
PHR-V

5. role model
role model role models
A role model is someone you admire and try to imitate.
Five out of the ten top role models for British teenagers are black.
N-COUNT

6. prodigy
prodigy prodigies 16
A prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
The Russian tennis prodigy is well on the way to becoming the youngest world champion of all time.
N-COUNT: usu supp N



v.用罗网捕捉,诱陷,陷害( snare的现在分词 )
  • They have the ability to perform mucosal biopsies, cautery and even snaring polyps. 他们能够学习肠粘膜活检、烧灼、甚至肠息肉套扎术。 来自互联网
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
n.被提名者,被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )
  • She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
  • A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
n.流氓;不诚实的人
  • If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做,我就认为他是个恶棍。
  • The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
  • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
  • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
断言,宣称,辩解( allege的现在分词 )
  • His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税,他的名誉受到损害。
  • This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯,还说不必,只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
n.变化;改造;转变
  • Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
  • He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
n.惊人的事物,奇迹,神童,天才,预兆
  • She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
  • He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才,这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发
  • The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
  • Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
  • Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时,母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面,以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
  • The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.奇才,天才(尤指神童)( prodigy的名词复数 )
  • It'seldom happened that a third party ever witnessed any of these prodigies. 这类壮举发生的时候,难得有第三者在场目睹过。 来自辞典例句
  • She is by no means inferior to other prodigies. 她绝不是不如其他神童。 来自互联网
学英语单词
-nese
1-naphthylamine hydrochloride
abjustment
Abū Rubayq
alkalinizations
amocarzine
arctic region
autocompounded current transformer
ayyub
azatropylidene
backlog depreciation
be enveloped in
beaumontoside
by right of something
chatham str.
cold dishes
conforming imputation
contingent transaction
cross tolerance
customerinquiry
dative sickness
dehorted
delay set counter
die arrangement for continuous compaction
direct-axis transient voltage
direness
dollar value at point of exportation
doublepressing
drinkings
dropping vessel
dry salted fish
duty of assured clause
ecosophers
ego trip
eructing
face masks
faint with
femaleless
fire-bucket
flexible shaft coupling
foredated
getting away
halmyrogenic
instantaneous cut
integrand
Kaschau
kinorhyncha
kiwifruit
lecturin'
lithophile element
local transaction program
Louis III
magnetic device
measure of transcendence
mileage recorder
militarus
molybdenum complex
myohypertrophia kymoparalytica
naphthalene poisoning
octal indication
open future
open-cavity
optical fiber measurement
period-to-date quantity adjusted
phase wave
phlebodium aureums
pinch-in effect
polluter-pays
proximal point algorithm
puccinia noli-tangere
Pull your chain
pycnanthemum virginianums
rattlers
read untrue
reeling furnace
relocatable linking loader
replays
sale fees
Saxifraga divaricata
semipolitician
side action
single shot trigger
single-sideband
sinopontius aesthetascus
sizing roller
soft snap
spooneristic
steady-state heating
supporter combustion
supporting information
tambay
tetanic induced current
TLC-scanner
trentepholia (mongoma) pennipes
Truth In-lending Act
undercut slope
unimanual palpation
unshunned
vibratory hopper feeder
welders' siderosis
with (an) effort
Zǎbrani