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. Forty-nine people died when a Comair jet crashed just after take-off in Lexington, Kentucky. Only one person, the first officer, survived. Investigators 1 are looking into whether the plane had taken off on a wrong runway.

2. Ernesto was a hurricane and Florida could be in its path. The storm is over Haiti and could impact South Florida Tuesday. Officials are telling visitors in the Florida Keys to leave now.

3. The storm could have an impact on the shuttle launch. Atlantis is scheduled to lift off Tuesday. The biggest concern is whether the launch pad was damaged by a lightning strike. But with a hurricane on the horizon, shuttle managers could scrap 2 the launch altogether. NASA will make its decision Sunday night.

4. A happy reunion for two Fox newsmen kidnapped in Gaza two weeks ago and released this morning. Reporter Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig say they were forced at gunpoint to make statements, but they had praise for the Palestinian people.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. first officer : n-count
In commercial aviation, the first officer is the second pilot of an aircraft.

2. lift off : phrasal verb
When an aircraft or rocket lifts off, it leaves the ground and rises into the air.

3. launch pad : n-count
A launch pad or launching pad is a platform from which rockets, missiles, or satellites are launched.

4. on the horizon : phrasal
If something is on the horizon, it is almost certainly going to happen or be done quite soon.

5. at gunpoint : phrase
If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them



n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
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automatic exposure control device
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