美联社新闻一分钟 2006-09-22
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Authorities hunting the source of a nationwide E-coli outbreak are focusing on nine California farms after discovering what could be a crucial clue -- an opened bag of spinach 1 left in the refrigerator of someone sickened by the bacteria.
2. The woman accused of slashing 2 a young mother's throat and kidnapping her baby convulsed in sobs 3 during her arraignment 4 in Missouri. 36-year-old Shannon Torrez has pleaded not guilty.
3. Despite fears that mysterious floating debris 5 may have damaged the exterior 6 of the space shuttle Atlantis, the craft touched down early Thursday in what officials are calling a by-the-books landing. "Touch down!"
4. And a new book is taking a look at sketches 7 from former commanders-in-chief, from the geometric designs of Herbert Hoover to the sailboats of JFK. "Presidential Doodles" chronicles two centuries of Oval Office artistry.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. convulse: verb
If Someone convulses, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
2. arraignment: n-count
Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.(LEGAL)
3. by-the-books: adj.
By-the-books means strictly 8 according to the rules.
4. chronicle: verb
To chronicle a series of event means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened
- 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。
- Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
- He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
- She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
- She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
- She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday. 她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。 来自互联网
- Wyatt asks the desk clerk which courthouse he is being transferred to for arraignment. 他向接待警员询问了马宏将在哪个法庭接受传讯。 来自互联网
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
- We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。
- The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
- You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》