美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-28
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1:Parts of Louisiana may evacuate 1 while Mississippi declares a state of emergency, as Hurricane Katrina appears to take aim at the region.
2:Top Sunnis in Iraq's government speak out against the country's draft constitution, a blow to last-minute efforts to win wide support.
3:The tiny Texas town of Crawford near President Bush's ranch 2 brace 3s for duel 5ing protests over his Iraq policy and an anti-war mom.
4:A video from Hamas purportedly 7 shows a bomb maker 8 sought by Israel celebrating the Gaza pullout as a triumph for armed resistance.
5:And a simple plaque 9 is London's first permanent memorial to the dozens killed in last month’s transit 10 bombings in Britain's capital.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. brace
1 brace braces 4 bracing 11 braced 12
If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
He braced himself for the icy plunge 13 into the black water.
She braced herself, as if to meet a blow.
VB
2. duel
3 duel duels 14 duelling duelled
To duel means to fight a duel or be involved in a conflict.
We duelled for two years and Peterson made the most of it, playing us off against each other.
...two silver French duelling pistols.
V-RECIP (AM) dueling 6, dueled 15
3. purportedly
purportedly
If you say that something has purportedly been done, you mean that you think that it has been done but you cannot be sure. (FORMAL)
He was given a letter purportedly signed by the Prime Minister.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV cl/group
= supposedly
- 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。
- He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
- The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
- My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
- You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。
- The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃，因为支架全松了。
- You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。
- The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
- Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。
- This is purportedly the oldest tree in the world. 据称这是世界上最古老的一棵树。 来自互联网
- Mayor Oh Se-Hoon launched the campaign last year, purportedly to improve efficiency. 据悉，首尔市市长吴世勋于去年提出了这项旨在提高工作效率的计划。 来自互联网
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
- Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
- The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
- They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
- That's where I usually fight my duels. 我经常在那儿进行决斗。” 来自英语晨读30分（初三）
- Hyde Park also became a favourite place for duels. 海德公园也成了决斗的好地方。 来自辞典例句