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. The cruise ship that plans to bring US citizens in Lebanon to safety has arrived in Beirut. The top US naval 1 officer in the region says the ship will leave Lebanon in the morning.

2. Louisiana's attorney general is charging a doctor and two nurses with 4 counts of murder each. The hospital workers allegedly killed patients with illegal amounts of morphine during Hurricane Katrina.

3. Crews are working around the clock to get Boston's Big Dig tunnels open again. Massachusetts Governor Mitt 2 Romney says at least one portion of the closed tunnels is expected to reopen late this weekend.

4. We are having a heat wave. The US has been feeling extreme summer temperatures all over the country. Officials warn to check on elders and keep hydrated.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cruise ship : n-count --- 游轮、游艇
A cruise ship, or less commonly cruise liner or luxury liner, is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the amenities 3 of the ship are considered an essential part of the experience.

2. naval : adj
Naval means belonging to, relating to, or involving a country's navy.

3. Attorney General : n-count---首席检察官、司法部长
A country's Attorney General is its chief law officer, who advises its government or ruler.

4. morphine : n-uncount --- 吗啡
Morphine is a drug used to relieve pain.

5. around the clock : phrase
If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping.

6. heat wave: n-count
also heatwave. A heat wave is a period of time during which the weather is much hotter than usual.

7. check : verb
If you check on someone or something, you make sure they are in a safe or satisfactory condition.



adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
  • I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日,我送给他一只棒球手套。
  • Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快
  • The campsite is close to all local amenities. 营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。
  • Parks and a theatre are just some of the town's local amenities. 公园和戏院只是市镇娱乐设施的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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activity restart cycle
Advertisement Regulation Act
Andaman Islands, Andamans
average-weight
beamtherapy
binomial distribution probability
Boselaphus
break release
break-even price
Bretton Woods Monetary Agreement
Briterlich variable radius technique
Changsando
channel address half word table
choga
cigar wrapping
Cinnopropazone
cluster spring
coal storage yard
contractual forum
coriandrol
Cremanthodium angustifolium
cross software
crownhills
crucilly
diagnoser
docuhistory
Donghai
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driving motion
ease someone out
epigenetic mineral
every two years
fate of particles
functional density
GDP dissociation inhibitor
general inquiry
General of the Army
grays in silicon
h. h. munroes
Hanke-Koessler's tests
heldover
heteromorphous combination
hormonagoga
HTML
image-motion compensator
instantaneous error of rotation
Itapicuru
kemmons
kertzmen
kroeng
lanagan
lasta
letter stock
Lord High Chancellor
lubricating oil starting pump
mark of the beast
Mitreola
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noninterlocked area
only the good die young
options tariff
oral bundle
parenchyma strand
pecornut
Pedicularis siphonantha
pennorth, pennorth
phosphor laser
placodes
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Pyrularia sinensis
reacton turbine
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solar satellite
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Strait of Hormuz
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tyre building
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uraeotyphlids
wood-hen
Working Tax Credit
X car
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