美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1.It's been hailed as a major announcement regarding US policy in Iraq. But President Bush isn't giving any hints about the plan he is working on. He welcomed Iraq's vice 1 president to the White House today as part of an ongoing 2 fact-finding study about the war.
2. A pair of blasts killed at least 63 and wounded more than 200 people today in Baghdad. Government officials believe Sunni extremists are to blame. Many day laborer 3s were killed while waiting for work in today's explosions.
3. With 2 more storms expected this week including one tomorrow, rescuers are racing against the clock to find 3 climbers missing on Oregon's Mount Hood 6. More searchers are heading up the mountain today and the National Guard will send a helicopter.
4. And how about this for a thrill? These 2 astronauts, part of Discovery's crew, have started a spacewalk to help install a new component 7 on the International Space Station.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. hail : VERB
If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly.
2. fact-finding : ADJ
A fact-finding mission or visit is one whose purpose is to get information about a particular situation, especially for an official group.
3. laborer : N-COUNT
A laborer is a person who does a job which involves a lot of hard physical work.
4. race against time : PHR
You descrbe a situation as a race against time when you have to work very fast in order to do something before a particular time, or before another thing happens.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- 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。
- Her husband had been a farm laborer.她丈夫以前是个农场雇工。
- He worked as a casual laborer and did not earn much.他当临时工，没有赚多少钱。
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。