美联社新闻一分钟 2006-09-20
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. The Thai military has launched a coup 1 against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of television stations and declaring a provisional authority loyal to the king. Thaksin was in New York at the UN General Assembly and has declared a state of emergency.
2. “Let’s see Mr. George W. Bush”
Before world leaders at the UN today, "This morning, I want to speak about the more hopeful world that is within our reach." President Bush outlined his vision for global security that includes Palestine and Israel living peacefully side by side and pushed Iran again to begin negotiations 2 on its nuclear program.
3. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis won't be landing until Thursday at the earliest. NASA has delayed Wednesday's scheduled landing after engineers spotted 3 an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo 4 bay.
4. Health officials are waiting on test results from California farms and packing plants that could help them pinpoint 5 the source of that deadly E. coli outbreak. 21 states have reported more than 100 E. coli cases linked to taint 6ed spinach 8, including a 77-year-old Wisconsin woman who died.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. coup : n-count
When there is a coup, a group of people seize power in a country.
2. provisional : adj
You use provisional to describe something that has been arranged or appointed for the present, but may be changed in the future.
3. wait on : phrase
If you are waiting on something, you are waiting for it to happen, for example before you do or decide anything.
4. pinpoint : verb
If you pinpoint something or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is.
5. taint : verb
If an unpleasant substance taints 9 food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it.
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
- It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
- I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
- Everything possible should be done to free them from the economic taint.应尽可能把他们从经济的腐蚀中解脱出来。
- Moral taint has spread among young people.道德的败坏在年轻人之间蔓延。
- The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
- He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
- You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。