美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-09
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. A scan of Ariel Sharon's brain shows improvement. Doctors will start bringing the Israeli prime minister out of his medically induced coma 1 Monday.
2. Congressman 2 Tom DeLay steps down as House majority leader under pressure from Republicans staggered by an election-year corruption 3 scandal.
3. A Black Hawk 4 helicopter believed carrying 12 people crashes in northern Iraq, killing 5 everyone on board. 5 US marines are slain 6 in separate weekend attacks.
4. Iran says UN inspectors 7 will remove seals from some nuclear facilities by Monday, opening the way for Tehran to resume research on nuclear fuel production.
5. Hip-hop singer Ms. Dynamite 8 is charged with punching an officer in the face after police arrest her for allegedly kicking the door of a west London nightclub
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. scan :n.
a medical examination in which an image of the inside of the body is made using a special machine:
e.g. to do a brain scan
2. stagger :n.
to walk or move with a lack of balance as if you are going to fall:
e.g. After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
3. punch :v. punch punches punching punched
to hit someone or something with your fist:
e.g. He punched him in the stomach.
- 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。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
- 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。
- The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
- His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》