美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-21
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Northwest brings in replacement 1 workers after its mechanics go on strike. The airline's pilots say things seem to be running smoothly 2.
2.Iraq's constitution talks stall ahead of Monday's deadline while Kurdish leaders say they may drop their demand for the right to secede 3.
3.Meeting with Muslim leaders in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI urges more Muslims to join Christians 4 in fighting terrorism worldwide.
4.Amid Israel's ongoing 5 pullout from Gaza, Palestinian leader Abbas says overdue 6 legislative 7 elections will take place on January 25th.
5.And tango dancers from around the globe strut 8 their stuff in Argentina 's capital Buenos Aires at the World Tango Championships.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. overdue
1 overdue
If you say that a change or an event is overdue, you mean that you think it should have happened before now.
This debate is long overdue.
I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
2. strut
1 strut struts 9 strutting 10 strutted 11
If you strut your stuff, you act in a proud way and show off. (INFORMAL)
He struts around town like he owns the place.
He got up to strut his stuff on the dance-floor.
PHR: V inflects
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
- They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
- We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
- The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。
- 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。
- The circulation economy development needs the green science and technology innovation as the strut.循环经济的发展需要绿色科技创新生态化作为支撑。
- Now we'll strut arm and arm.这会儿咱们可以手挽着手儿，高视阔步地走了。
- The struts are firmly braced. 那些支柱上得很牢靠。
- The Struts + EJB framework is described in part four. 三、介绍Struts+EJB框架的技术组成：Struts框架和EJB组件技术。
- He, too, was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle. 他也是非常自大，在城堡里大摇大摆地走。
- The pompous lecturer is strutting and forth across the stage. 这个演讲者在台上趾高气扬地来回走着。