美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-20
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1.New Orleans' mayor suspends reopening parts of the hurricane-ravaged city as Tropical Storm Rita threatens a new round of flooding.
2.Residents in the low-lying Florida Keys evacuate 1 as Rita gathers strength in the Bahamas threatening to grow into a hurricane.
3.North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances.
4.British troops free two Britons from a Basra jail allegedly undercover commandos arrested on charges of shooting two Iraqi policemen.
5.And alleged 2 organizers of the uprising in Uzbekistan that ended in a bloodbath and caused a global outcry are set to go on trial.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. undercover
undercover
Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police.
...an undercover operation designed to catch drug smugglers.
...undercover FBI agents.
...undercover reporters.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
+ undercover
Also an adverb.
Swanson persuaded Hubley to work undercover to capture the killer 3.
ADV: ADV after v
2. commando
2 commando commandos or commandoes
A commando is a soldier who is a member of a commando.
Captain David Clement 4 and 150 commandos stormed the port this morning.
N-COUNT
3. bloodbath
bloodbath bloodbaths
If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
The war degenerated 5 into a bloodbath of tribal 6 killings 8.
N-COUNT also blood bath. emphasis
= massacre 9
4. outcry
outcry outcries
An outcry is a reaction of strong disapproval 10 and anger shown by the public or media about a recent event.
The killing 7 caused an international outcry.
There was public outcry from those opposed to abortion 11.
N-VAR: usu with supp
= protest
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- A clement judge reduced his sentence.一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。
- The planet's history contains many less stable and clement eras than the holocene.地球的历史包含着许多不如全新世稳定与温和的地质时期。
- The march degenerated into a riot. 示威游行变成了暴动。
- The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track. 铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
- 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。
- 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。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。