时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


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1. Authorities went door to door to search for victims after twisters ripped through rural Texas overnight, killing 1 at least 3 people. The tornadoes 3 reduced dozens of homes to concrete slab 4s and left a path of damage a half-mile wild and up to 7 miles long.

2. Firefighters are battling dozens of brush fires in central Florida. Crews got a little relief on Tuesday when a quarter of an inch of rain fell in some areas. Parts of I-95 (Interstate 95) remain closed because of heavy smoke.

3. A former rock-band manager whose pyrotechnics caused a nightclub fire that killed a hundred people was sentenced to 4 years in prison today. Daniel Biechele faced as much as 10 years behind bars under a deal he struck with prosecutors 6 in February.

4. Britney Spears told David Letterman she's pregnant with baby No. 2 last night, but she joked, "Don't worry Dave, it's not yours. " The 24-year-old pop princess and her husband had an 8-month-old son Sean Preston.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. twister : n-count
A twister is the same as a tornado 2. (AM)

2. rip : verb
If something rips into someone or something or rips through them, it enters that person or thing so quickly and forcefully that it often goes completely through them.
e.g. A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall...
= tear

3. slab : n-count
A slab of something is a thick, flat piece of it.
e.g. huge concrete paving slabs 5.

4. Interstate : n-count
In the United States, an interstate is a major road linking states.
e.g. the southbound lane of Interstate 75.

5. pyrotechnics : n-uncount
Pyrotechnics is the making or displaying of fireworks.
e.g. The festival will feature pyrotechnics, live music, and sculptures.

6. behind bars : phrase
If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.
e.g. Fisher was behind bars last night, charged with attempted murder.

7. strike : verb
If you strike a deal or a bargain with someone, you come to an agreement with them.
e.g. They struck a deal with their paper supplier, getting two years of newsprint on credit.



n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
  • Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
n.平板,厚的切片;v.切成厚板,以平板盖上
  • This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
  • The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成,它们共同支撑着一块平板。
n.厚板,平板,厚片( slab的名词复数 );厚胶片
  • The patio was made of stone slabs. 这天井是用石板铺砌而成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch. 这些矗立的石块,大致指向那个看不见的缺口。 来自辞典例句
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
学英语单词
ability
absolute value computer
affection of both the exterior and interior
aheat
akinete
analog line
area-based
Azamgarh
basic dead reckoning
be upon one's guard
big tractor
binaphthalene
bothy
Braakman
buddyhood
cantanker
chromoneter
coguardian
conceale
cumwhore
developpement
digital input gate option
dsungaripterids
ectodynamic succession
EDVAC
emergency location transmitter
epimagma
epl
ethocaines
extractive method
fedans
Fröseke
haye
hazardous waste
headlight bulb mounting seat
horn meal
Hutinel's disease
hydroxycodeine
ideal deductive applicative language
induction weight
input information
inter-family
Kaimur Ra.
Kitumala Pt.
leading edge
Lf, line feed.
low lying swamp land
luneys
mandaverm
maritime airvmass
merits rating
method of connection
nightrider
offset space
olinkas
on the edge of one's chair
overprivileged
paired comparisons method
Pakhar'
pancreatogastroanastomosis
pas (para-aminosalicy lic acid)
path monitoring,PM
pharyngeal bursitis
phosphonovaleric
pick axe
Pindall
polymolecule
privileged process
prop shafts
public security harbor precinct station
radioactive aerosol
radiographical
random sampling test
Razor-Billed
razorless
regional statistics
rubber-cup massage
Rutsweiler an der Lauter
safe health level
sash handle
seydina
she'll be apples
shipping receipt
Shubra
shut up one's shop shop-window
single - lens reflex camera
small ice-making machine
Small Side
spoonmeat
stage of autonomy
stereoption
symmetric stable process
tardnation
TOA location
triethylphosphine sulfide
trotter theorem
twyman green interferometer
unhaunted
uteroglobins
variable cut device
Wassermann test
wok hei