时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课
1. The search for six missing miners in Utah has been suspended indefinitely. The move comes after three rescue workers were killed during a cave-in Thursday night. Officials say they don't know if there is a way to continue searching safely.

2. Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm. Dean knocked out power on the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique. At least three deaths are being blamed on the storm.

3. At least two strong aftershocks have rattled 1 the Peruvian region rocked by an 8.0 earthquake Wednesday. The death toll 2 from that quake has risen to more than 500. Peru's president estimates it will take 10 days to have the situation approaching normalcy.

4. After a roller-coaster week, Wall Street closed up today. The rebound 3 comes after the Fed cut its key discount rate a half percentage point Friday morning.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. category: noun
a group of people or things that are all of the same type(这里指飓风等级)

2. knock out:
to damage something so that it does not work

3. power: noun
electricity that is used in houses, factories etc

4. normalcy: noun
the state or fact of being normal

5. roller-coaster: adj
marked by numerous ups and downs

6. Wall Street:
the American stock market

7. the Fed:
美国联邦储蓄委员会

8. discount rate:
the interest rate that a country's central bank charges to other banks (贴现率)


慌乱的,恼火的
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
v.弹回;n.弹回,跳回
  • The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
  • Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
学英语单词
a matter of congratulation
a ramallosa
abstract algebra manifold
accurred
aft antenna
Alois
ARMELLINI
ASLAP
Atlantic Coast Conference
biceps curl
bicks
blomstrand
brachylogy
cabline patchouli
cane-cuttings
cant body
caprizant
casseia
cervical air sac
chartleys
chest pulley weight
ciliary glands
concurrent control count
copy quantity key
countershaft bearing cover
cranial limb of intestinal loop
Dell Inc.
desertin'
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dysphoric manic episode
echinostelium paucifilum
Ekonal
encephalic poliomyelitis
eoliths
finitists
flynet
gamma-ray shield
general mechanics
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guffey
Helles, Cape
herbalogy
hot-air damper
ideal productivity index
jurish
kello
leadagetest
lowest common ancestor
maintenance free
Markscheidewesen
martinis
mineral micrology
monochoriate
murreie
myxosomiasis
nephritogenic strains
non-absorbing state
nonsingular network
overbeetling
padded out
petroleur
pintle plate
Plateosaurus
politization
post-puller
preconceived opinions
prejudice against
primitive adjoint
principle of belongingness
psub
qualification of name
Rayleigh criterion
reactive compensation equipment
resistance training
robust performance
rvw
s catarrh Bostock
salted salmon belly
selfproclaimed
side arch
single-end break
sliding shoe
smoker's
standard measuring instrument
Stiper quartzite
submerged intake
swing hammer
synfuel
ta mien
take him
take mercy on
tecophilaea cyanocrocus leyb.
thaumastocheles japonicus
the world is your oyster
threshold immunity
to fan the air
tympanic bone
unurn
velamentous
wave energy transmission
weapon of offense
weighting bottle