美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-26
时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. A judge has scheduled John Mark Karr's first Colorado court appearance for Monday. The JonBenet Ramsey slay 1ing suspect is currently being held at the Boulder 3 County jail.
2. Former President Gerald Ford 4 is recovering following an angioplasty procedure at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic. His spokeswoman says the 93-year-old is "resting comfortably".
3. The Army is reviewing casualty reports on American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to complaints that it has not always given families accurate information.
4. And Egypt’s giant statue of Pharaoh Ramses II was moved from a congested downtown square in Cairo on Friday to its new home near the more peaceful Great Pyramids. Onlooker 5s crowded along the street around the statue, which was surrounded by a convoy 7 including 1,500 soldiers.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. slay : verb
If someone has been slain 8, they have been murdered.
2. angioplasty : n
The surgical 9 repair of a blood vessel 10, either by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter to unblock it, or by reconstructing or replacing part of the vessel.
3. congested : adj
A congested road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
4. onlooker : n-count
An onlooker is someone who watches an event take place but does not take part in it.
- He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
- She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。
- The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。
- He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案,但他们找不到证据来指控他。
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲,把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
- A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.少数几个旁观者站在现场观看。
- One onlooker had to be restrained by police.一个旁观者遭到了警察的制止。
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
- The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外,以示尊敬。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
- His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。