时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. Explosions rocked Beirut. Lebanese security officials say Israeli warships 1 have been firing on the city southern suburbs. Local police reported at least five deaths. This after an Israeli raid that killed at least 23.

2. BP says it won't commit to a timeline to restart its oil field in Alaska. The company announced it's shutting down the nation's largest producing oil field after discovering corrosion 2 in a transit 3 pipeline 4 system. Analysts 5 have speculated it could take months to get the oil field back at normal flow rates.

3. Flights coming into Los Angeles International Airport were delayed for more than an hour. The computer system that guides landing planes onto the runway crashed, permitting only about half the number of landings expected. The busy airport is getting back to normal after the delays.

4. Martha Stewart settled her Securities and Exchange Commission charges. She will pay about 195,000 dollars and cannot serve as director of a public company for five years under the settlement

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. commit to: verb
If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it.

2. timeline: n-count.
A timeline means a schedule of activities or events; a timetable.

3. corrosion: n-uncount
Corrosion is the damage that is caused when something is corroded 6.



军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只
  • The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后,敌舰退出了海战。
  • The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
n.腐蚀,侵蚀;渐渐毁坏,渐衰
  • Corrosion is not covered by the warranty.腐蚀不在保修范围之内。
  • Zinc is used to protect other metals from corrosion.锌被用来保护其他金属不受腐蚀。
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • 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。
n.管道,管线
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
已被腐蚀的
  • Rust has corroded the steel rails. 锈侵蚀了钢轨。
  • Jealousy corroded his character. 嫉妒损伤了他的人格。
学英语单词
a-shosshe
Adase
Anaconda-Trail process (for zinc extraction)
anti-siccative agent
articleless
Asplenium pinnatifidum
average speed
besugo
binary tree processor network
blending mixer
boiled-out water
Bus Interface Unit
chessels
ciudad trujilloes
co-sleeper
Cobourg Peninsula
coeffcient scale
command service
commnad control program
correction of permanent set of rail
count of dot
coupling spud
deeply-rooteds
demi-cadence
dibromobutyric acid
discharge sump
display subsystem
diuretic mixture
divecha
dog-star
dot and dash signal
double-heights
ECAP
emetines
encephaloceles
endless main
equity ownership
experimental farm
Ferula lehmannii
filbore
fist-pump
flareout analysis
generalized programming extended
groot-vis (great fish r.)
half section
halon fire extinguisher
high tension bushing
history of embryology
holding your breath
hoxes
increasing the solubility of zinc compounds
indizating agent
intern in
jacquard lever
jasjit
juvenile fish
Kairatu
keep your hair on!
labial necrosis of rabbits
Landowska, Wanda
lesbianisms
liathaches
line stocks
Liparis elliptica
low pressure turbine
low-molecular-weight
Mauthner's tests
media hub
mesotonic
metamorphized
microaspirations
monogerm
muster out (of service)
Naxalites
offshore waters
planesful
plasma-arc melting
puffing agent
ratio of asset value to sales
reactor head
refrigerating system oil separator
reutilizes
right-sider
sediment-depositing side of bend
sequential pyrolysis
shop activity edit
short anneal furnace
simply supported at the edges
social ads
sodium nickelous(ii) sulfate
sporoblast
ssgas
subvertise
synnes
tabernacler
the documents
there but for the grace of god
through midsole
tractography
traverse table mapping
up-until
wear-resistant quality