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. The head of Iraq's Al Qaeda terrorists group has a new videotape message to the world posted on the Internet. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi mocks the US military and says any government formed in Iraq will be just a stooge.

2. Under pressure to combat near record-high gas prices. President Bush has made 2 temporary moves. He suspended stricter new environmental rules and halted deposits to the government's strategic petroleum 1 reserve.

3. More trouble for a Duke University lacrosse player charged with raping 2 a stripper in North Carolina. 19-year-old Collin Finnerty has been ordered to stand trial on an unrelated assault charge, stemming from an incident in Washington last fall.

4. As if being the top golfer in the world isn't enough, Tiger Woods is spending his off time in New Zealand, bungee jumping. He made a 440-foot dive on Sunday, then joined a celebrity 3 stock car race on Monday

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. mock : verb
to laugh at sb/sth in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do:
e.g. He’s always mocking my French accent.

2. stooge : noun
a person who is used by sb to do things that are unpleasant or dishonest:

3. off time : noun[U]
time when you are officially allowed not to be at work or studying
e.g. Have you ever had to take time off for health reasons?

4. bungee jumping : noun [U]
a sport in which a person jumps from a high place, such as a bridge or a cliff, with a bungee tied to their feet

5. stock car : noun[C]
a car that has been made stronger so that it can compete in a race where cars often crash into each other



n.原油,石油
  • The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的现在分词 );强奸
  • In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复,查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼,奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠,无所不做。 来自互联网
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
学英语单词
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acidity
aerosol food
afghanistani
alloy irons
antibiolumphin
ashpan blower valve
automatic assembly
avi cable
bakeout degassing clamp
birchleaf pear
body-curved disease
bodywood
bottom relief map
Bozeman's position
bridge cloth
bullock blocks
bushing electric
call accepted signal
chondriomere
Cirbanal
close set
color constants
comebackers
commodity wastage
correptions
courier bag
Cunaxa
departmentation by process or equipment
electronic fire-control equipment
element name
encoded fields
end of astronomical evening twilight
engine pod
ensampling
epss network
featurism
ferret distemper virus
fiber-map
full electronic switching
gallucci
general-purpose diagnostic program
geographical north
geospatial engineering
glowfly
haberse
hardware stage
hexagonal mirror
hot penetration construction
Hudsonian godwit
Immobilon
interstitial distance (mather 1936)
investigation on audience
Krasnaya Polyana
layer-wound solenoid
leather loader
limestone neutralization treatment
maximal tubular excretory capacity
melanedema
natural rate of unemployment
nerr
non-coplanar transfer
norvasc
nosedives
OMR (optical mark reader)
optically positive
over bridges
partner with
Pashtunwali
patung series
paving stone degeneration of retina
permanent magnet moving coil meter
pivoted bucket carrier
plantar spaces
plunged into
prince fumimaro konoyes
prodan
psychoanalytical theory
Pterocles
pyrophoric lead
raw material of woodcharcaol
roller chamfer
schwab
Scythians
sequentially-lobed radar
signal smoke
signe de peau d'orange
slugft
So it goes
sp vol
spin space
Stackelberg decision theory
swansea
tandem electrostatic generator
terry swatch
the leaflets of the trifoliolate leaves
topochemical control
variable acceptance sampling
viscosity model
Warenford
weighing-appliance
zeomorphis