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. Hezbollah's leader warns his group is ready for "open war" with Israel. That's according to an audiotape that was released shortly after Israel blasted Hassan Nasrallah's home and office in southern Beirut. The leader wasn't hurt.

2. President Bush says he's told Russian activists 1 the US cares about what type of government Russia has. The president arrived in Saintt Petersburg in advance of a G-8 summit. There's concern that Russian President Putin is backing away from democratic principles.

3. Police just released the surveillance video of a landmark 2 New York City town house being leveled by an explosion. Investigators 3 believed the homeowner might have caused the blast, so his ex-wife wouldn't get money from the property during their divorce.

4. Ben Roethlisberger says his motorcycle accident changed his life. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback told reporters the wreck 4 was a wake-up call that showed him he might have been taking his life for granted

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. back away: phr-v
If you back away from a commitment that you made or something you involved in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.

2. landmark: n-count
A landmark is a building or feature which is easily noticed and can be used to judge your position or the position of other buildings or features.

3. wreck: vb
A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hit something and is damaged or destroyed.

4. wake-up call: n-count
If you say something is a wake-up call to a person or a group of people, you mean it will make them notice something and start to take action.



n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
学英语单词
abebe
adhesive failure
anomalous numbers
antepileptic
as if something was not enough
associative programming
azimuthal coordinates
Bidston
Bireun
border mark
bronchial syncope
cantler
capsulated
cell rhythm
conjunctive generalization
Cowperian duct
crapulous syncope
dettmer
double lining
drip tin
drying preservation
Emthexate
enfief
epiploectomy
euler column formula
existential crisis
fern cushion
floor manifold
FOB shipping point
fog formation
fourth-story
fraudulent misregistration
free nerve endings
freemasonic
furniture music
glottitis
Ha'apai Grp.
Har-Tru
hemitaxonus formosanus
hippocampus sindonis
hirola
Hispaniolan
homonomies
I-n-Akli
ign
initialization of time series
irregulars
lay sb to rest
limnephilus alienus
line up alongside sb
mechanical freedom
metropolitan opera house
National Committee for Information Technology Standards
network adapter
never fail do
non-fermi-liquid behavior
normal variability curve
Nothing venture and nothing have
Nuits-Saint-Georges
numerical printer
Numpad
oil seal ring
on-staff
ostracodermis
overall balance of international payments
pea-knuckles
perennial peas
perforated bottom
phelloderms
phonarteriogra
plagusia squamosa
plosiveness
pluckiness
preimplantation
quad-city
revenue from tax
running approach
security appliance
septal perforation
shipwrecked crew
sign-and-trade
sintering
Sol'vychegodsk
spark-gap modulator
spilite-keratophyre sequence
spilt out
standard electrolyte
Sungaigerong
technocultural
telex manually selected circuit
theorized
thioether mercury complex
to consult
transmissionists
true metabolizable energy
unprops
upper semisphere
vein orebody
velocity relative to the blading
vulcanised synthetic rubber
with efficiency
wyele