美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-29
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. The price at the pump is soaring in places to more than 3 dollars a gallon, but President Bush says there is no evidence of gasoline price gouging 1 against consumers. Bush also rejects calls by some lawmakers for a tax on windfall profits by oil companies.
2. The accuser in the Duke lacrosse party case also claimed she’d been raped 2 10 years ago, but there is a chance the jury won’t hear about the allegations. That’s because North Carolina’s shield law strictly 3 limits the use of an accuser’s past sexual history as evidence. The exotic dancer said she was assaulted last month by three members of the Duke lacrosse team.
3. Five Congress members were arrested during this protest at Sudan’s Embassy in Washington. The House Democrats 4 were calling on the Sudanese government to stop genocide in the Darfur region. They were charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly.
4. It’s a different kind of march for these penguin 5s. They were released back into the wild at this beach near Sydney, Australia. The flightless birds underwent rehabilitation 7 after they were attacked by a dog.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. gouge 8 : verb
⑴ informal: to extort 9 from
⑵ slang: to swindle
2. windfall : n-count
A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery 10.
3. accuser : n-count
An accuser is a person who says that another person has done something wrong, especially that he or she has committed a crime.
e.g. ...a criminal proceeding 11 where defendants 12 have the right to confront their accusers.
4. shield law : noun
Law protecting confidentiality 13 of journalistic sources: in North America, a law that protects a journalist from being forced to reveal the name of a source who provided information confidentially 14.
5. genocide : n-uncount
Genocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race.
e.g. They have alleged 15 that acts of genocide and torture were carried out.
6. penguin : n-count
A penguin is a type of large black and white sea bird found mainly in the Antarctic. Penguins 6 cannot fly but use their short wings for swimming.
7. flightless : adj
A flightless bird or insect is unable to fly because it does not have the necessary type of wings.
- Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
- If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
- He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。
- Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
- To make a Halloween lantern,you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.要做一个万圣节灯笼，你先得挖空这个南瓜。
- In the Middle Ages,a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。
- The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
- They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
- He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
- The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
- As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- They signed a confidentiality agreement. 他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。
- Cryptography is the foundation of supporting authentication, integrality and confidentiality. 而密码学是支持认证、完整性和机密性机制的基础。
- She was leaning confidentially across the table. 她神神秘秘地从桌子上靠过来。
- Kao Sung-nien and Wang Ch'u-hou talked confidentially in low tones. 高松年汪处厚两人低声密谈。