美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-17
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1.President Bush says rebuilding the hurricane battered 1 Gulf 2 Coast must take aim at wiping out persistent 3 poverty and racial injustice 4 .
2.In Iraq, a leading Sunni cleric urges unity 5 against violence as a third day of sectarian killings 6 leaves at least a dozen people dead.
3.At six-nation disarmament talks, North Korea slams the US for insisting it give up its nuclear programs without getting any concessions 7 first.
4.Militant 8 attacks keep tensions high in Afghanistan ahead of landmark 9 legislative 10 elections this weekend in that war-ravaged country.
5.And Britain reenacts the waterborne state funeral of its greatest naval 11 hero Admiral Horatio Nelson from nearly two centuries ago.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. injustice
1 injustice injustices 12
Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation.
They'll continue to fight injustice.
They resented the injustices of the system.
N-VAR
2. re-enact
re-enact re-enacts re-enacting re-enacted
If you re-enact a scene or incident, you repeat the actions that occurred in the scene or incident.
He re-enacted scenes from his TV series.
VB (AM) and sometimes (BRIT) reenact
3. water-borne
2 water-borne
Something that is water-borne travels or is transported on water.
...a waterborne safari 13 down the Nile...
Environmental pressures are strengthening the case for waterborne freight.
ADJ: ADJ n also waterborne.
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- 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。
- Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
- She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- One who committed many injustices is doomed to failure. 多行不义必自毙。
- He felt confident that his injustices would be righted. 他相信他的冤屈会受到昭雪的。