美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-15
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Several deadly attacks ripped through Baghdad Sunday, killing 1 dozens and injuring more than 60. The attacks came as Iraq's parliament was meeting.
2. In Iran, gunmen posing as police officers waylaid 2 4 cars and killed 12 passengers. Police later killed 6 of the 8 gunmen. All of the victims were civilians 3 and authorities say they don't know why the attack occurred.
3. Thousands are fleeing from Mount Merapi in Indonesia. Thick grey smoke, ash and lava 4 continue to spew from the volcano which has been rumbling 5 for weeks. 14, 000 people live within five miles of the volcano.
4. And Major League Baseball star Barry Bonds has a chance to tie Babe Ruth's record tonight. He needs just one more home run to reach the magic number of 714.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pose : verb
If you pose as someone, you pretend to be that person in order to deceive people.
e.g. The team posed as drug dealers 6 to trap the ringleaders.
2. waylay 7 : verb
If someone waylays 8 you, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example in order to talk to you, to steal something from you, or to attack you.
e.g. The trucks are being waylaid by bandits.
3. spew : verb
When something spews out a substance or when a substance spews from something, the substance flows out quickly in large quantities.
e.g. The volcano spewed out more scorching 9 volcanic 10 ashes, gases and rocks.
4. rumble 11 : verb
If something rumbles 12, it makes a low, continuous noise.
e.g. The sky, swollen 13 like a black bladder, rumbled 14 and crackled.
5. Major League Baseball ------美国职业棒球大联盟
6. tie : verb
If two people tie in a competition or game or if they tie with each other, they have the same number of points or the same degree of success.
e.g. Ronan Rafferty had tied with Frank Nobilo.
= draw
- 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。
- I got waylaid on my way here. 我在来这里的路上遭到了拦路抢劫。
- He was waylaid by thieves. 他在路上被抢了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
- His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- She lingered outside the theater to waylay him after the show.她在戏院外面徘徊想在演出之后拦住他说话。
- The trucks are being waylaid by bandits.卡车被强盗拦了下来。
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
- Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
- I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
- We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。
- If I hear any rumbles I'll let you know. 我要是听到什么风声就告诉你。
- Three blocks away train rumbles by. 三个街区以外，火车隆隆驶过。
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。