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. "Brokeback Mountain", the tale of cowboys in a forbidden romance led contenders for the Screen Actors Guild 1 Awards with four nominations 2, including honors for lead actor Heath Ledger 3. The film biography "Capote" and the ensemble 4 drama "Crash" were next with three nominations each.

2. Paris Hilton is accused of spewing "vicious lies" about an altercation 5 with a romantic rival at a London nightclub. The suit pits the hotel heiress and actress against diamond heiress and actress Zeta Graff. Graff is seeking at least 10 million dollars in damages for Hilton’s comments in a July New York Post story.


3. And Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards are continuing their divorce proceedings 6. The couple file legal papers in Los Angeles, asking a private arbitrator to handle the case

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ensemble :n.
a group of things or people acting 7 or taken together as a whole, especially a group of musicians who regularly play together
e.g. The Mozart Ensemble is/are playing at the Wigmore Hall tonight.


2. spew :v. spew spews spewed spewing
If something spews liquid or gas or liquid or gas spews from something, it flows out in large amounts
e.g. The volcano spewed a giant cloud of ash, dust and gases into the air.


3. altercation :n.
a loud argument or disagreement:
e.g. According to witnesses, the altercation between the two men started inside the restaurant.


4. pit sb/sth against sb/sth : phrasal verb
to cause one person, group or thing to fight against or be in competition with another:
e.g. It was a bitter civil war, that pitted neighbour against neighbour.


5. arbitrator :n.
a person who has been officially chosen to make a decision between two people or groups who do not agree



n.行会,同业公会,协会
  • He used to be a member of the Writers' Guild of America.他曾是美国作家协会的一员。
  • You had better incorporate the firm into your guild.你最好把这个公司并入你的行业协会。
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
n.总帐,分类帐;帐簿
  • The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.那个年轻人点头应诺,然后又埋头写起分类帐。
  • She is a real accountant who even keeps a detailed household ledger.她不愧是搞财务的,家庭分类账记得清楚详细。
n.合奏(唱)组;全套服装;整体,总效果
  • We should consider the buildings as an ensemble.我们应把那些建筑物视作一个整体。
  • It is ensemble music for up to about ten players,with one player to a part.它是最多十人演奏的合奏音乐,每人担任一部分。
n.争吵,争论
  • Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天,没有一句话是切合实际的。
  • The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
学英语单词
Acetyldigitoxoside
acrocalanus andersoni
address pointer
Adriatic Sea
aminoacyl
apply the screw to someone
automatic congestion level
Berezhany
blow sb's brains out
boiler survey
braffertons
C. J. C.
cargo air teriff
cawayan r.
chessboard design
clortermine
control segment
core turning lathe
cornucoquimba gibba
correctable coding error
Cowper
creativity mobilization technique
crystallographers
curl one's lip
cyrtolerinetin
daucosterine
demersal egg
depth regulating device
dueness
emblematist
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Eurya chinensis
external (mold) lubricant
eyed texture
factorial notation
filers
fixed radix numeration system
fold amplitude
fuck it mountain
gadolinium gallium garnet
gordita
homeworlds
honey mushroom
intratrace
light duty
lineally
lothness
low-lifers
lymphopenic thymic dysplasia
machine for testing torsion
marseillais
Matanza, I.
mechanism of exchange
membership roster
membrane material
metathesiophobia
Mikadoism
millimeter wave guidance
Mq. L.
nickeled
noun in apposition
on the payroll
paranoialike
photoelectric efficiency
phrenzied
PIC (polymer-impregnated concrete)
pile up the rocks
pipe expanding machine
pitch error compensator
pragmaticists
pro-taiwan
program time analyzer
prompt time spectrum
pump block
quadriennials
radioactive ventilation system
Rangstrup
reconnection
relay winding
retouchings
Rostrinucula
rovimix
ry-pack technic
salmon berries
sell on the good news
shallow water blackout
shoemakings
snap shears
SOOGLOSSIDAE
spring feed
strontium -apatite
take ... chance
Tianding
torch-thistle
transformation base
unabsorbed expense
Unknown Warrior
washingmachine
waxinsect
well utilized
worse than all
zinc oxide-eugenol paste