美联社新闻一分钟 2006-02-26
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Two students at the University of Texas are being treated for ricin exposure after one found the potentially deadly poison in a roll of quarters she was using to do laundry. The substance can cause fever, nausea 1, dehydration 2, although neither student has exhibited any symptoms.
2. Sectarian violence continues in Iraq with a car bombing in Karbala and the shooting near a funeral procession in Baghdad. Stepped-up attacks began after a Shiite shrine 3 was destroyed in Samarra. Militiamen took to the streets seeking revenge against Sunnis.
3. Two more suspects have been arrested in England following a daring pre-dawn robbery at a cash-storage depot 4. Police estimate some 87 million dollars was plunder 5ed, possibly making it Britain's largest ever theft of currency.
4. And celebration on the streets of New Orleans as revelers enjoy the last big weekend of the carnival 7 season before Fat Tuesday. Tourism officials
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. ricin :noun
a poisonous protein extracted from the castor bean and used as a biochemical reagent 蓖麻毒
2. quarter :noun [C]
in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents
3. nausea :noun [U]
when you feel as if you are going to vomit:
e.g. Signs of the illness include fever, nausea and vomiting 8.
4. dehydration :noun [U]
excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or a body part, as from illness or fluid deprivation 9.
5. daring :adjective
brave and taking risks:
e.g. This is a daring new film by one of our most original modern directors.
6. plunder : verb
to steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war:
e.g. Tragically 10, the graves were plundered 6 and the grave-goods scattered 11.
7. reveler : noun [C]
someone who is having fun singing, dancing etc in a noisy way
e.g. On New Year's Eve, thousands of revellers fill Trafalgar Square.
- Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
- He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
- He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
- The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
- They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。
- The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
- Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。
- Many of our cultural treasures have been plundered by imperialists. 我国许多珍贵文物被帝国主义掠走了。
- The imperialists plundered many valuable works of art. 帝国主义列强掠夺了许多珍贵的艺术品。
- I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
- Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。
- Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
- Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”
- Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
- Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。
- Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
- Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。