美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-23
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, is recovering after breaking his leg in three places during the Preakness Saturday. Doctors say the colt faces a long and perilous 1 road to recovery.
2. President Bush says Iraq has reached a new turning point with its newly formed unity 2 government. The president also says he understands why people are concerned about truly having success there.
3. Hurricane season starts June first, and the National Hurricane Center says again there could be above-normal tropical storm activity. There could be as many as 6 major storms this year.
4. In a mere 3 47 minutes, seven-year-old Braxton Bilbrey swam the 1. 4 miles between Alcatraz Island and San Francisco's Aquatic 4 Park. The second-grader is now believed to hold the record as the youngest person ever to make the journey
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. colt : n-count
A colt is a young male horse.
2. Preakness
The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, held on the third Saturday in May of each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg).
3. tropical storm
A cyclonic 5 storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 kilometers (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
4. Alcatraz Island ------恶魔岛
A rocky island of western California in San Francisco Bay. It was a military prison from 1859 to 1933 and a federal prison until 1963. It is now a tourist attraction. The island has long been known as “the Rock.” The Rock is an action movie released on Friday, June 7, 1996 that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island, and in the San Francisco Bay area. The movie stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, and Ed Harris.
PS: The Rock------勇闯夺命岛,别名:绝地任务/石破天惊
5. aquatic : adj
Aquatic means relating to water.
Aquatic Park
Aquatic Park, developed from 1936 to 1939, was one of California's largest Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects reflecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy of providing employment to architects and artists during the Great Depression. The centerpiece of this group of "streamline 6 moderne" structures, all employing nautical 7 metaphors 8, is a multipurpose structure containing the bathhouse, concession 9 stand and lounge. Its rounded walls, recessed 10 upper stories, tubular steel railings and porthole windows were purposely designed to create the illusion of an ocean liner. Murals and other artwork carry out the nautical theme. This main building, lifeguard stations, stadium, Sea Scout 11 building, a seawall and a semicircular pier 12 form the Aquatic Park Historic District, now part of the San Francisco Maritime 13 National Historical Park.
- The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
- We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
- Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
- We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。
- The anticyclone weather situations are more favorable than the cyclonic ones. 反气旋天气情况比气旋天气情况更有利些。 来自辞典例句
- We studied the interaction between a typhoon and a cyclonic vortex. 研究一个台风涡旋和一个低压涡旋之间的相互作用。 来自互联网
- We must streamline our methods.我们必须简化方法。
- Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.任何通过它的液体或气体将呈流线型的流动。
- A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
- It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。
- I can only represent it to you by metaphors. 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
- Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors. 因此她是天使，他是雄狮都是比喻说法。
- We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
- That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
- My rooms were large, with deeply recessed windows and painted, eighteenth-century panellin. 我住的房间很宽敞，有向里凹陷很深的窗户，油漆过的十八世纪的镶花地板。 来自辞典例句
- The Geneva meeting recessed while Kennety and Khrushchev met in Vienna. 肯尼迪同赫鲁晓夫在维也纳会晤时，日内瓦会议已经休会。 来自辞典例句
- He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
- The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
- The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
- The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。