美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-17
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. President Bush joins G-8 leaders in calling for an immediate 1 end to the bloodshed in the Middle East. The statement from world leaders requires an end to terrorist attacks on Israel.
2. No let-up in the strikes between Israel and Lebanon. An Israeli air strike in Tyre has killed at least 9 civilians 2 and wounded more than 50 others. A Hezbollah rocket attack killed 8 people in Haifa.
3. Loom 3ing thunderstorms are threatening the work of firefighters in Southern California. Nearly 4,000 firefighters are battling wildfires in the desert of San Bernardino County.
4. It's a green light for Discovery. The space shuttle has been cleared to return to Earth. It's expected to land in Florida tomorrow.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. bloodshed : n-uncount
Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
2. let-up : n-uncount
If there is no let-up in something, usually something unpleasant, there is no reduction in the intensity 5 of it.
3. loom : verb
If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming 4, it seems likely to happen soon. (JOURNALISM)
4. thunderstorm : n-count
A thunderstorm is a storm in which there is thunder and lightning and a lot of heavy rain.
5. a green light : phrase
If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.
6. clear : verb
If a course of action is cleared, people in authority give permission for it to happen.
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- 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 old woman was weaving on her loom.那位老太太正在织布机上织布。
- The shuttle flies back and forth on the loom.织布机上梭子来回飞动。
- The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望