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. The ACLU files suit to block President Bush’s domestic eavesdropping 1 program which the group calls unconstitutional electronic surveillance of American citizens.

2. The Supreme 2 Court uphold Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

3. Russia indicates Moscow's not ready to support moves by the US and its European allies to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program.

4. Pakistani officials say at least 4 foreign terrorists died in a purported 3 US air strike aimed at Al-Qadea’s No. 2 leader which has sparked protests in Pakistan.

5. "Brokeback Mountain" is moseying along the Academy Awards trail. Its four Golden Globe wins including Best Drama position(s) the cowboy love story for Oscar glory.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. suit: noun [C] (ALSO lawsuit)
a problem taken to a court of law, by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police, for a legal decision:
e.g. He filed a $12 million libel suit against the newspaper, claiming his professional reputation had been damaged by the paper's stories.

2. unconstitutional : adjective
not allowed by the constitution (= set of rules for government) of a country or organization:
e.g. Such a change in the law would be unconstitutional.

3. mosey: verb [I usually + adverb or preposition] INFORMAL
to walk or go slowly, usually without a special purpose:
e.g. I'll just mosey on down to the beach for a while.

4. position: verb [T usually + adverb or preposition]
to put something or someone in a particular place:
e.g. The army had been positioned to the north and east of the city.PHR-V



n. 偷听
  • We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
  • Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间,一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • 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。
adj.传说的,谣传的v.声称是…,(装得)像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )
  • the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
  • The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a-shosshe
Adase
Anaconda-Trail process (for zinc extraction)
anti-siccative agent
articleless
Asplenium pinnatifidum
average speed
besugo
binary tree processor network
blending mixer
boiled-out water
Bus Interface Unit
chessels
ciudad trujilloes
co-sleeper
Cobourg Peninsula
coeffcient scale
command service
commnad control program
correction of permanent set of rail
count of dot
coupling spud
deeply-rooteds
demi-cadence
dibromobutyric acid
discharge sump
display subsystem
diuretic mixture
divecha
dog-star
dot and dash signal
double-heights
ECAP
emetines
encephaloceles
endless main
equity ownership
experimental farm
Ferula lehmannii
filbore
fist-pump
flareout analysis
generalized programming extended
groot-vis (great fish r.)
half section
halon fire extinguisher
high tension bushing
history of embryology
holding your breath
hoxes
increasing the solubility of zinc compounds
indizating agent
intern in
jacquard lever
jasjit
juvenile fish
Kairatu
keep your hair on!
labial necrosis of rabbits
Landowska, Wanda
lesbianisms
liathaches
line stocks
Liparis elliptica
low pressure turbine
low-molecular-weight
Mauthner's tests
media hub
mesotonic
metamorphized
microaspirations
monogerm
muster out (of service)
Naxalites
offshore waters
planesful
plasma-arc melting
puffing agent
ratio of asset value to sales
reactor head
refrigerating system oil separator
reutilizes
right-sider
sediment-depositing side of bend
sequential pyrolysis
shop activity edit
short anneal furnace
simply supported at the edges
social ads
sodium nickelous(ii) sulfate
sporoblast
ssgas
subvertise
synnes
tabernacler
the documents
there but for the grace of god
through midsole
tractography
traverse table mapping
up-until
wear-resistant quality