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 White House plans to quickly nominate a new CIA director. A senior administration official says General Michael Hayden is the leading candidate. Outgoing Director Porter Goss offered little explanation in announcing his resignation from the embattled agency yesterday.

2. Hundreds of Iraqis cheered when a British military chopper was apparently 1 shot down. The crowd also threw stones at British forces who arrived on the scene in Basra. Iraqi officials say the four- member crew was killed and the chopper was apparently shot down.

3. During this speech, President Bush told graduating students at Oklahoma State University you are entering the best job market in years. The president also encouraged graduates to be open to new ideas and take risks.

4. With a Kentucky Derby, comes a champion drink. This drink is the most expensive bourbon cocktail 2 ever. It cost 1000 dollars. The drink is part of a promotion 3 to raise money to care for retired 4 race horses.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. outgoing : adj
You use outgoing to describe a person in charge of something who is soon going to leave that position.
e.g. ...the outgoing director of the Edinburgh International Festival.

2. chopper : n-count, informal
A chopper is a helicopter.
e.g. Overhead, the chopper roared and the big blades churned the air.

3. derby : n-count
① A derby is a sports competition or race where there are no restrictions 5 or limits on who can enter.(AM)
② A derby is a sporting event involving teams from the same area or city. (BRIT)
e.g. ...a North London derby between Arsenal 6 and Tottenham.

4. Kentucky Derby ------(美国)肯塔基赛马会
The most famous American horse race, held each spring at Churchill Downs racetrack in Kentucky.

5. bourbon : n-mass
Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
e.g. I poured a little more bourbon into my glass.

6. cocktail : n-count
A cocktail is an alcoholic 7 drink which contains several ingredients.
e.g. On arrival, guests are offered wine or a champagne 8 cocktail.



adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
n.鸡尾酒;餐前开胃小吃;混合物
  • We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
  • At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上,人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.兵工厂,军械库
  • Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
  • We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
adj.(含)酒精的,由酒精引起的;n.酗酒者
  • The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
  • Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。
n.香槟酒;微黄色
  • There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
  • They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
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0710
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age to absorption
amplitude internal friction peak
anderson br-ldge
astrantias
axis out of line
barfly
barnwells
Bleiswijk
bracteal leaf
carbonylh(a)emoglobin
cation exclusion
chastity rings
chelid
chromorhinorrhea
citrus anthracnose
classical adjoint
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conduct a business
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continuousamplitude filter
cotaneous ureterostomy
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debt crisis
Diazinamide
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energy absorbing roadside crash barrier
eri silk
Erysimum cheiri
euboia
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Gunn arteriovenous phenomenon
gurgitator
heaving bottom
hysterophyte
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Kaes-Bechterew's layer
keep top side up
knuckle thread
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locus function
mandatory extension mechanism
manganotremolite
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis
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mislead
mydricamide
Māchī Kheyl
net apartment unit area
news-driven
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Not to be-tipped
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Nycoff
oil pressure gage
omniscope
peasant family
periodontal principle fibers
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physically handing
pick up ears of wheat
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rhabdoweisia laevidens broth
Rodellar
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sell us
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topology of uniformity
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under God
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viverrine
watered-down
Whitgiftian
year-to-date used