美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-22
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. President Bush briefly 1 transferred power to Vice 2 President Cheney while being screened for colon 3 cancer. Doctors have moved five small polyps. The spokesman says they are not worrisome. Bush reclaimed 4 his authority about two hours later.
2. A Taliban spokesman says the hard-line militia 5 killed two German hostages in Afghanistan, a report disputed by government officials. The Taliban also says it will exchange 23 South Korean captives for imprisoned 6 Taliban fighters.
3. In parts of Britain more than a month's worth of rain fell in a few hours, trapping motorists, with rescue crews scrambling to pluck people from rooftops.
4. After all the build-up, the waiting, Harry 8 Potter fans are devouring 9 the last book in the series about the boy wizard. The book even making its way to the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, with a likely audience of diplomats 10 and journalists.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. screen: transitive verb
to do tests on a lot of people to find out whether they have a particular illness
2. colon: countable 11 noun
the lower part of the bowels 12, in which food is changed into waste matter
3. polyp: countable noun
a small lump that grows inside your body because of an illness, but is not likely to harm you
4. hard-line:
having extreme political beliefs, and refusing to change them
5. militia: countable noun
a group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army
6. scramble 13: intransitive always + adverb/preposition
to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you
7. wizard: countable noun
a man who is supposed to have magic powers
8. build-up: countable usually singular
the length of time spent preparing an event
9. pluck: transitive always + adverb/preposition
to take someone away from a place or situation that is dangerous or unpleasant in a quick and unexpected way
2. A Taliban spokesman says the hard-line militia 5 killed two German hostages in Afghanistan, a report disputed by government officials. The Taliban also says it will exchange 23 South Korean captives for imprisoned 6 Taliban fighters.
3. In parts of Britain more than a month's worth of rain fell in a few hours, trapping motorists, with rescue crews scrambling to pluck people from rooftops.
4. After all the build-up, the waiting, Harry 8 Potter fans are devouring 9 the last book in the series about the boy wizard. The book even making its way to the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, with a likely audience of diplomats 10 and journalists.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. screen: transitive verb
to do tests on a lot of people to find out whether they have a particular illness
2. colon: countable 11 noun
the lower part of the bowels 12, in which food is changed into waste matter
3. polyp: countable noun
a small lump that grows inside your body because of an illness, but is not likely to harm you
4. hard-line:
having extreme political beliefs, and refusing to change them
5. militia: countable noun
a group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army
6. scramble 13: intransitive always + adverb/preposition
to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you
7. wizard: countable noun
a man who is supposed to have magic powers
8. build-up: countable usually singular
the length of time spent preparing an event
9. pluck: transitive always + adverb/preposition
to take someone away from a place or situation that is dangerous or unpleasant in a quick and unexpected way
adv.简单地，简短地
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
n.冒号，结肠，直肠
- Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样，应当在冒号后加破折号。
- The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。
adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救
- Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.民兵，民兵组织
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
- Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
吞没( devour的现在分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光
- The hungry boy was devouring his dinner. 那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
- He is devouring novel after novel. 他一味贪看小说。
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.可数的，可以计算的
- The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
- Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。
n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处
- Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》