时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


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1. Authorities say a standoff with an armed patient at a suburban 1 Chicago hospital ended with the gunman dead. Reports from the scene say that gunfire was heard. A 71-year-old man was briefly 2 held hostage, but police intervened.

2. President Bush will continue to keep pressure on a defiant 3 North Korea to prove that US is serious about the country dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Bush used a summit of Pacific Rim 5 countries to talk to North Korea's neighbors about the threat.

3. In a fairy tale setting fit for royalty 6, Tom Cruise and Katie Holms exchanged wedding vows 7 Saturday evening in a glowing 15th century castle in a lakeside Italian town. Celebrity 8 guests and a throng 9 of media were present for the much-anticipated celebration.

4. A Dutch television show on Friday televised a new world record for the most dominos toppled on record. A little over four million dominos were knocked down in a chain reaction. Organizers say it took eight weeks to set up all the dominos

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. dismantle 10 : VERB
To dismantle an organization or system means to cause it to stop functioning by gradually reducing its power or purpose.

2. throng : N-COUNT
A throng is a large crowd of people(LITERARY).

3. domino: N-COUNT
Dominoes are small rectangular blocks marked with two groups of spots on one side. They are used for playing various games.



adj.城郊的,在郊区的
  • Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
  • There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
adv.简单地,简短地
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
(枪支)分解
  • The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
  • The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。
n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界
  • The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
  • She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
n.皇家,皇族
  • She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。
  • I waited on tables,and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生, 甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。
誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿
  • Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
  • The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
  • A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
  • The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。
vt.拆开,拆卸;废除,取消
  • He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助,拆除这批弹头。
  • The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动,于是,我决定把它拆开。
学英语单词
abington
acid unconditioned reflex
acrobatic maneuvers
adventitious
amalgams
aphasiac
appetibleness
Asdravirus
ashhole
attach importance
avaliable
bacha
Berēcha
biomass geochemistry
blowout preventer carrier
body building
bushman's poison
cancer diagnostics
Codera, C.
condylomatoid
crush of cases
csas
cumene hydroperoxide
data-processing engineer
DBW (decibels relative to 1 watt)
degeneracy in the simplex
delivery drop speed
discharging valve
distress and safety communications
Duane's clinometer
eisegeses
endo-chordo-mesoblast
erbium (er)
family ornithorhynchidaes
fide jussio
freewheelins
frictional area
gaseous body
gouty diabetes
handling by shipper-self
harness reed
hostelled
hydraulic control unit piping
hydrological frequency analysis
impersonative
in the hot test
Inarijärvi
industrial laws
iqan
Janów
kettlefuls
language lawyer
list of drivers
looked out over
lord provost
low and deep
manilius
mareit
marwat
mcintrye
mesodermal mesenchyme
metallized wood
midmain
miting
mosaddeq
multijurisdictional
neurotrophy
no-hoper
nuclear attraction
one to zero ratio
Orpington
paraaminomethyl benzoic acid
passive indication device
peptases
Percy Bysshe Shelley
perlite deposit
pertinant
planaxis sulcatus
populus tremuloidess
public cheque
radiosonde network
reactance arm
real-time clock word
refund annuity
risk control measure
sea ability
semester hour
Shimo-koshiki-jima
simulation project
smoking test
solid head
spontaneousnesses
striped spermophile
syntheticity
the private sector
tinker
triacetone
triggers off
triisoamylamine
upstream operations
V-V energy transfer
vena cerebri