时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. President Bush used Osama Bin 1 Laden's own words to defend the war in Iraq. He says the al-Qaeda leader sees Iraq as key to a new world war. He spoke 2 to a military officers' group. The president also said al-Qaeda has been weakened but is still dangerous.

2. Defense 3 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is resting in the hospital after shoulder surgery. He had a torn rotator cuff 4 repaired. He did not undergo general anesthesia but did hand over at least one responsibility to the deputy secretary of defense. Rumsfeld said the cuff tear was caused by an old sports injury.

3. Notes of condolences are pouring into Steve Irwin's zoo in Australia. Known as the "Crocodile Hunter", Irwin was killed by a stingray's barb 5 while swimming in the Great Barrier Reef. He was shooting a television show and video cameras caught the attack. State police are holding the tape for evidence.

4. Ernesto is gone but Florence is on the way. A new tropical storm has formed over the Atlantic Ocean. It is the sixth named storm of the season. It is a weak storm right now but is expected to gain strength.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. rotator cuff : n-count
A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint 6 and permits rotation 7 of the arm.

2. anesthesia : n-uncount
Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile 8 sensibility, induced by disease, injury, acupuncture 9, or an anesthetic 10, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide 11.

3. tear : n-count
A tear in paper, cloth, or another material is a hole that has been made in it.

4. condolence : n-plural
When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.



n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口
  • She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
  • Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗?
n.(鱼钩等的)倒钩,倒刺
  • The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
  • A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.旋转;循环,轮流
  • Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.农作物轮作有助于防止水土流失。
  • The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。
adj.触觉的,有触觉的,能触知的
  • Norris is an expert in the tactile and the tangible.诺里斯创作最精到之处便是,他描绘的人物使人看得见摸得着。
  • Tactile communication uses touch rather than sight or hearing.触觉交流,是用触摸感觉,而不是用看或听来感觉。
n.针灸,针刺法,针疗法
  • Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明,宋朝就已经有了针灸。
  • It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知,针灸起源于中国。
n.麻醉剂,麻药;adj.麻醉的,失去知觉的
  • He was given a general anesthetic.他被全身麻醉。
  • He was still under the influence of the anesthetic.他仍处在麻醉状态。
n.氧化物
  • Oxide is usually seen in our daily life.在我们的日常生活中氧化物很常见。
  • How can you get rid of this oxide coating?你们该怎样除去这些氧化皮?
学英语单词
a man with plenty of guts
absorption mechanism
acoustic detection
active star networks
adaptive response
adenosine-5'-triphosphate
algophilists
American gallon
andromorphs
anye
be purposed
bedrift
bimolecular layer
black label
caninoes
cellulosic plastics
compfil
crater pit
current cycle
Deep Sea Drilling Project
deep water wave
Delphinidin-monoglueoside
dermacentor variabiliss
dihydroxy benzhydrol
doughnut chart autoformat
ECITO
endorse a check
energy spectrum analysis
first etching
form data
full valuable consideration
gargouillade en dehors
heatwave
Hoenderloo
honeycomb-weave
interpretative trace program
Jaredites
kaua'i
kirson
lateral fovea
Laurie I.
licorice sticks
Loxogramme
Lozzo di Cadore
lushe
merit consideration
minimum-latency coding
multi-level precedence and preemption
multigyms
Neidpath Castle
network of observation
nitrazepams
non-luminous flame
normal operating speed
Offertorium
Options Backdating
outgoing broadcast channel
overhead lockers
pack cloth
palmyra (tadmur)
Pedro Muňoz
Peles
phonon-assisted tunneling
piping bags
plough steel
poppings
post crane
power off contact
pre-cited
projector station
protected cell company
Pseudomugilidae
Q-value of antenna
quaternary ocean
raghead
rarefyine osteitis
repainted
rotatory condenser
rubber tape
Rubenists
Rzgów
sactibiotic
sand conditioning machine
Setaria yunnanensis
short log
skill at
sodium sulfocyanide
special purpose range
spiroceratids
stogdill
support microprocessor
swallow hard
taris
Tendou
thermal transfer fax
thronged
transformer
tyre shoulder
ungroaning
unwordily
value before notching
wild-track