美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-24
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. A curfew was in effect in Baghdad after a deadly attack left more than 150 people dead. Suicide 1 car bombers 2 exploded devices 3 in the Sadr City neighborhood. Police say Sunni militants 4 are to blame.
2. In Chicago, police say an armed man has held 2 women hostage 5 in an apartment building for more than 12 hours. Negotiators are trying to communicate with the gunman. Police can't say what started the situation.
3. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are celebrating Thanksgiving thousands of miles from home. The soldiers and sailors aren't with their families, but say even a little taste from home is a welcome distraction 6 from the wars.
4. How even Mother Nature could ground the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons? Snoopy, Scooby-Doo and others made their way down Broadway. Gusty 7 winds had threatened to ground the famous balloons before New York emergency managers gave the go-ahead at the last minute although the balloons did fly lower than usual.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. distraction: n-count
A distraction is something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on.
2. Mother Nature: n-uncount
Mother Nature is sometimes used to refer to nature, especially when it is being considered as a force that affects human beings.
3. ground: verb
If something is grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.
4. gusty: adj.
Gusty winds are very strong and irregular.
5. go-ahead: n
If you give someone or something the go-ahead, you give them permission to start doing something.
- The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
- The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- electrical labour-saving devices around the home 节省劳力的各种家用电器
- modern labour-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers 诸如洗衣机和洗碗机之类的现代化省力设备
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- One group claimed to have executed the American hostage.一个组织声称已经处决了那名美国人质。
- Have you read the article about the rescue of the hostage?你看了关于营救人质的文章了吗？
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。