美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-20
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. An elderly priest is acknowledging that he was naked in saunas with Mark Foley decades ago, but denies having a sexual relationship with the former congressman 1, calling a report in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune exaggerated.
2. Dozens were killed in two separate suicide bombings in Iraq. In Kirkuk, the target was a local bank; in Mosul, a major police station was attacked.
3. In an accident similar to the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, an 81-year-old Florida man is in critical condition after a stingray flop 2ped into his boat. Surgeons removed a foot-long barb 4 from his heart.
4. And a dramatic video from southern Turkey where fierce tornadoes 5 swirled 6 about in the open sea as unfazed tourists watched the scene unfold from shore.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. stingray: n-count刺鳐
A stingray is a type of large flat fish with a long tail which it can use as a weapon.
2. flop: verb
If something flops 7 onto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
3. faze: verb
If something fazes you, it surprises, shocks, or frightens you, so that you do not what to do. (INFORMAL)
unfazed: adj.
=calm, composed, unperturbed, untroubled
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
- The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。
- Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
- It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
- The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
- The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。