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. Iran has reportedly taken a big step toward having nuclear capabilities 1. Its nuclear chief said today Iranian scientists produced 110 tons of uranium gas. The UN has ordered Iran to stop all uranium enrichment programs. But that country’s president says they have the right to develop nuclear fuel.

2. Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case have been shown pictures of the 9 / 11 attack on the Pentagon including burned and blackened victims. The prosecution 2 is wrapping up its case. Jurors must decide if Moussaoui will be executed or spend the rest of his life in jail for his part in the attacks.

3. The Durham North Carolina prosecutor 3 says the investigation 4 into Duke Lacrosse team is not going away. DNA 5 evidence taken from 46 players did not match the alleged 6 raped 7 victim. But the DA (district attorney) says he doesn’t need DNA evidence to prosecute 8.

4. Cheers and jeer 9s greeted Vice 11 President Dick Cheney at the home opener of the Washington Nationals. The VP threw out the first pitch of the Nats-Mets game. He wasn’t the good luck charm DC fans had hoped though. The Nats lost 7-1.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. wrap sth up :phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to complete something successfully:
e.g. That just about wraps it up for today

2. lacrosse :noun [U]
a game played by two teams in which the players each use a long stick with a net at the end to catch, carry and throw a small ball, and try to get the ball in the other team's goal

3. jeer :noun [C]
mocking or scornful shout or laugh
e.g. The news that the performance was being cancelled was greeted by boos and jeers 10 from the audience.

4. pitch :noun [C]
a throw in a baseball game:
e.g. a good/bad pitch

5. charm: noun [C]
an object or saying which is thought to possess magical powers, such as the ability to bring good luck:
e.g. He keeps a rabbit's paw as a lucky/good luck charm.



n.能力( capability的名词复数 );可能;容量;[复数]潜在能力
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大,自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为,标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
n.起诉人;检察官,公诉人
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
vt.告发;进行;vi.告发,起诉,作检察官
  • I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
  • Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据?
vi.嘲弄,揶揄;vt.奚落;n.嘲笑,讥评
  • Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others.不要嘲笑别人的错误或不幸。
  • The children liked to jeer at the awkward students.孩子们喜欢嘲笑笨拙的学生。
n.操纵帆桁下部(使其上下的)索具;嘲讽( jeer的名词复数 )v.嘲笑( jeer的第三人称单数 )
  • They shouted jeers at him. 他们大声地嘲讽他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The jeers from the crowd caused the speaker to leave the platform. 群众的哄笑使讲演者离开讲台。 来自辞典例句
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
学英语单词
AACRAO
acceptance of materials report
airdrying
angle beam ultrasonic examination
arthrodia
automatic water quality monitor
balancing layer
Ban Huai Pong
Banbān, 'Irq
brand marketing
buyout repo
cantilever hood
carbohydrate recognition domain
cauterisations
ceramic fiber felt
complex value
constringence
correctly
counter-clockwise rotation
crystal fiber laser
cuneiform bones
dielectric membrane
doctuss
drynursed
duckish
effective distortion
epic film
fashion element
flat sliding
fund warrant
gauge glass cutter
geologic-topographic map
get an egg on the head
go flatting
gollania varians (mitt) broth
grand pas de basque
herringboning
high pressure arc discharge
histabutyzine
horizontal filter
hot isostatic bonding
hypotyposes
Iatrobdella
induction field
infective stricture of ureter
Intermarket spread swaps
isentropic procedure
Kharabali
kinetic energy in rotation
Krivorozh'ye
lea management
magnetic instrumentation tape
magnetic original
Max Perutz
methoxylvalue
Monggo
motor gliders
MVCF
nasus cartilagineus
negative ignore gate
nepro
not care for
osteogeny
paccha
parjure
pass-port
perforated wall
perore
Philodemus
pooling
pretype
proteinomimetic
regular closed subset
remede
repairable system
restricted publication
ride the bench
robbinss
root/shoot ratio
rozinski
runner-up finish
Santa Irene
secant conic chart
second law of motions
Shetland sheep dog
shunt coil
slave pedestal
soil water belt
spindle drive
super-duty fire clay
superheater external covering
ticketsnow
trival
tunkhannock
Ucar
weak topology
weighted squared error loss function
wet crepe
whip-fish
white clover
Zamboanguita
zdpr