美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-12
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Senate Democrats 1 grill 2 Supreme 3 Court nominee 4 Samuel Alito, accusing him of inconsistency on voting rights, ethics 5, and membership in a conservative organization.
2. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says western countries will likely seek economic sanctions against Iran, after Teheran restarts its nuclear program.
3. Ariel Sharon's condition improves slightly. Doctors say they hope to wean the Israeli prime minister off remaining sedatives 6 to draw him out of an induced coma 7.
4. International agencies warn against panic but caution that the bird flu which has infected at least 15 in Turkey will likely spread to neighboring countries.
5. And the People magazine website says Angelina Julie is pregnant with Brad Pitt's child. The baby is reportedly due this summer.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. grill : verb
to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time:
e.g. After being grilled 8 by the police for two days, Johnson signed a confession 9.
2. inconsistency : noun [C or U]
If you refer to someone's inconsistency, you criticize them for not behaving in the same way every time a similar situation occurs.
e.g. There are a few inconsistencies in what you've written.
3. ethics : noun [C usually plural]
a system of accepted beliefs which control behaviour, especially such a system based on morals:
e.g. He said he was bound by a scientist's code of ethics.
4. wean sb off sth : phrasal verb
to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them:
e.g. It's difficult to wean an addict 10 off cocaine 11 once they're hooked.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
- I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
- Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
- A wide variety of mild sedatives and tranquilizers have become available. 现在有许多种镇静剂和安定剂。 来自辞典例句
- Since July 1967 there has been a restriction on the prescribing of sedatives in Australia. 自从1967年7月起，澳大利亚的镇静药处方受到限制。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
- The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。
- He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
- He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。