美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-09
时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq who led a campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings is dead. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an air strike last night along with 7 aides.
2. The USS Cole is sailing toward the Middle East. Today's departure is the Cole's first deployment 1 to the region since a terrorist bombing in Yemen killed 17 sailors in October of 2000.
3. Investigators 2 say this man has confessed to killing 3 a Clemson University student and committing two more sex assaults. Authorities in Tennessee where Jerry Inman was captured late Tuesday say he told them he is a sick animal.
4. And in Germany, some special fans are giving a whole new meaning to the term World Cup. These wives and girlfriends of World Cup soccer players are also top models showing soccer-theme bras on the catwalk in Munich.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. deployment : n-var
The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
e.g. the deployment of troops into townships.
2. catwalk : n-count
At a fashion show, the catwalk is a narrow platform that models walk along to display clothes.
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
- 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》