美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-23
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. There's been a steady stream of voters in New Orleans first mayoral election since Hurricane Katrina devastated 1 the city. Activists 2 are concerned that not enough of the city's displaced population returned to cast their ballots 3, and say the results may not reflect the will of the many minority residents who've been scatter 4ed around the country. Incumbent 6 Mayor Ray Nagin is facing more than 20 challengers.
2. More oil pain at the pumps. AAA says the average cost for a gallon of regular is $ 2. 88. The price jumped 3 cents from yesterday.
3. Swedish authorities are trying to solve the puzzle of a man found floating on a makeshift raft in the waters between Denmark and Norway Friday. The man says his name is George Williams, and that he is an American, and was thrown off a ship several days earlier.
4. Miss Kentucky, Tara Elizabeth Conner, was crowned Miss USA last night at the 55th annual pageant 7. The 20-year-old new titleholder is a business student.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. mayoral :adjective
adjective for mayor
e.g. mayoral duties
2. scatter :verb [I or T]
to (cause to) move far apart in different directions:
e.g. The protesters scattered 5 at the sound of gunshots.
3. incumbent :adjective [before noun]
officially having the named position:
e.g. The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
4. regular : noun [U]
petrol that contains lead
5. makeshift :adjective
temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need:
e.g. Thousands of refugees are living in makeshift camps.
6. raft :noun [C]
a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a flat end):
e.g. We lashed 8 together anything that would float to make a raft.
7. pageant :noun [C]
a competition for young women in which they are judged on their beauty and other qualities:
e.g. a beauty pageant
8. titleholder :noun [C]
a person who is in the position of having beaten all other competitors in a sports competition:
e.g. The field includes Portugal's Rosa Mota, the Olympic, world and European titleholder.
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
- Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
- He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
- Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
- The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。