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 AP has obtained this video showing yesterday's underground steam pipe explosion as it happened. The blast in midtown Manhattan killed one person and sent debris 1 and dust flying.

2. A federal judge is dismissing Valerie Plame's lawsuit 2 against top White House officials. She sued Vice 3 President Cheney and others, accusing them of conspiring 4 to leak her identity. The judge, though, dismissed the suit on jurisdictional 5 grounds.

3. FEMA leaders are getting an earful from Congress. Turns out some of the trailers given to Katrina victims may have dangerous levels of formaldehyde. But according to internal documents, FEMA lawyers discouraged officials from actually pursuing those reports.

4. A mother of three is facing criminal charges in Florida after police say she had her kids steal an 800-dollar puppy. The act was caught on surveillance tape. The Boston terrier has since been returned.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. debris: noun
the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc

2. jurisdiction 6: noun
the right to use an official power to make legal decisions, or the area where this right exists

3. FEMA: noun
Short for Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mainly, FEMA responds to any disaster that occurs in the United States that is declared a federal disaster area by the President of the United States.

4. earful: noun
an outpouring of anger, abuse, or complaint

5. trailer: noun
a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling

6. Katrina: noun
a hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season


7. formaldehyde: noun
甲醛,对人体有害

8. terrier: noun
a small active type of dog that was originally used for hunting


n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
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。
密谋( conspire的现在分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
  • They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  • John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
adj. 司法权的,裁决权的,管辖权的
  • In practice, however, this jurisdictional limit on administrative investigations is generally easy to satisfy. 然而在实践中,对行政调查的这种司法限制通常很容易符合规定标准。
  • The jurisdictional amount is set by statute and is currently $80,000. 案件标的管辖权由法律规定,目前是80,000美元。 来自口语例句
n.司法权,审判权,管辖权,控制权
  • It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
  • Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。
学英语单词
al-amarah
antilabour
Araka
asamblea
autosuggestive
bang head against
Belg
blade with stepped root
bottom inner casing
bronnert process
buttillaries
calsey
Christia obcordata
coincidence factor
cone-apex angle
control of nematode
crude-copper
crustal disturbance
cultivated grassland
curry muncher
cyberbanks
digitalia
discharage
dredging equipment
drying hopper
dzhou
earthing installation
eclipse end
ecocritical
electronic punch
Eugaimardia
film scribing
fornicate
frances elizabeth caroline willards
Fugo
Garnet-jade
gear-stocking cutter
grade compensation
guttae argenti nitratis
Honeywell file access system
Hubble Atlas
hyalitis punctata
improper installation
infrared-guided missile
inter specified index
islet cell transplantation
Jackson's candle turbidimeter
Jerichoite
kidney tubules
Kwania, L.
leached
low-ceilinged
machinery classification certificate
make perfect
mononuclear leukocyte
moving coordinate
mucoraceaes
oil-gas anticlinal deposit
oner
oriente
output register empty
parlier
parroket, parroquet
periodograms
perturbant
pig-run
plasma lemma(seifriz 1928)'plasma membrane
polar code
polyvinyl acetate resin adhesive
Primula epilithica
pseudoglaucoma
psoralea esculentas
pyrolytic gas chromatography
relman
Rhododendron pemakoense
rough-terrain truck
SAP97
Scaliger, Joseph Justus
schwedler
seeming
show ankle
sialis lutarias
Staroye Maksimkino
str/n mouse
submitting entity
subroutine analyzer
supporting block for location
swing link guide
thermal chemical vapor deposition
thermocople junction
three-point attitude
threw her weight around
transposition type
triophosphoramide
turbocompressors
utility tape processor
vestigital sideband
water proofing of basement
wavelength resolution
way-going crop
wheat consumption
yellow tail