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. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Jerusalem on a high-stakes diplomatic mission. Her first stop was Beirut where leaders were disappointed that her trip did not bring about an Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire.

2. A Texas jury is deciding if Andrea Yates was insane when she drowned her 5 children in the bathtub in 2001. Her attorneys claim she was delusion 1al and believed killing 3 her kids was the only way to save them from hell.

3. Newly released amateur video shows an incident in which a 14-year-old boy got sucked to the bottom of a hot tub. Authorities say a grate at the bottom became dislodged creating a strong suction that pulled the teenager down. Doctors expect a full recovery.

4. One daredevil's attempt to break his own world record for a longest motorcycle jump ends in a crash in Oklahoma. The promoter says a carburetor problem may have caused the accident. The daredevil was taken to a local hospital.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. high stakes
if the stakes are high when you are trying to do something, you risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail.

2. attorney: n-count
In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.

3. delusion: n-count
A delusion is a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

4. grate: n-count
A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening.

5. dislodge: verb
To disloge means to move it from where it was fixed 4 or held.

6. suction: n-count
It means a force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn 5 into an interior space or to adhere to a surface because of the difference between the external and internal pressures.

7. daredevil: n-count
A daredevil is one who is recklessly bold and adventurous 6.

8. promoter: n-count
A promoter is a financial and publicity 7 organizer.

9. carburetor: n-count
A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.



n.谬见,欺骗,幻觉,迷惑
  • He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症,认为自己是拿破仑。
  • I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。
妄想的
  • You became delusional and attacked several people trying to escape. 你产生了错觉并攻击了许多人还试图逃走。 来自电影对白
  • He is incoherent, delusional, suffering auditory hallucinations. 他出现无逻辑的,妄想的,幻听的症状。 来自电影对白
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。
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
adj.爱冒险的;惊心动魄的,惊险的,刺激的 
  • I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
  • He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
学英语单词
abrasiometer
accuracy of forecasting techniques
Adcon-I
anadara taiwanica
bachelor apartments
balanced value
Baushar
be in duty bound to do
bellyaching
benzyl neocaprate
bighorn rivers
botulin
canalicyoplasty
cascom
character generation option
chopping device
consumer profiling
country-people
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cyclically balanced budget
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distillest
down for lining
drugg
dutch-speaking
eigenspectra
eight-liter
environmental photobiology
eprolin-S
expect to departure
extended low-surface brightness source
f.f
Fay-wei
fixing powder
forgat
Franklin Mts.
gyrene
Habit-formation
ignition point
inquests
internal block brake
Ishinomaki
Kapachira Falls
Kefenrod
kemppi
lithotriptor
longitudinal median plane
Makushino
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meshcement
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nonexistant
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periglacial
pile lighthouse
platinum-silver alloy
plumbous nitrate
Podophyllum hexandrum
prosopopoeia
pseudo-indole
quadrate (bone)
re-arrive
reciprocal coefficient
resonant-cavity maser
rice scoop
roof bar
rubbing off
scolithus
self-align type
self-parodying
simal
sixthform
sizzle reel
source neutron
spanandry
spirocheticidal
ST_technology_internet-terminology-and-abbreviations
Super Technirama
supernity
swarl
tabular calculation
taibi
taraghi
tectosilicates
temporary ramp
tighthead
trpes
tuberculum
vapour check
venae conjunctivales anteriores et posteriores
VG-BWS
vinyl tile
writing-pad
yarmuk
yoldia similis