美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-27
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Thousands of Hamas supporters took to the streets Thursday to celebrate their victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections. Election officials say the Islamic militant 1 group won 76 seats in Wednesday's elections.
2. (I hope I never see anything like this again.) Seven children were killed when their car burst into flames after being crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus. Florida authorities say the victims ranged in age from 20 months to 15 years. All were sibling 2s or cousins.
3. The sole survivor 4 of the West Virginia mine disaster has emerged from a light coma 5 but still cannot speak. Randal McCloy Junior had been in a coma since his January 4th rescue, but can now respond to simple commands.
4. President Bush was interrupted during his White House news conference on Thursday. “We seem to have a mechanical flaw.” One of the cameras came loose from the ceiling of the press briefing room and dangle 6d precipitously over some reporters' heads, but only delayed the president for a few moments.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. sibling : noun [C] FORMAL
a brother or sister:
e.g. I have four siblings 3: three brothers and a sister.
2. dangle : verb
to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely:
e.g. Loose electric wires were dangling 8 from the wall.
3. precipitously : adv
dangerously high or steep:
e.g. The price of shares in the company dropped precipitously with the news of poor sales figures
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
- Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里，兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。
- A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
- At Christmas,we dangle colored lights around the room.圣诞节时，我们在房间里挂上彩灯。
- He sits on the edge of the table and dangles his legs.他坐在桌子边上，摆动著双腿。
- Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手镯上挂着许多金饰物。
- It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers. 这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑。