美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-18
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. The search has intensified 1 for three missing US soldiers feared captured by al-Qaeda in Iraq. Military officials are offering a $200,000 reward for information on the GI's whereabouts.
2. Rain has reduced the 22 square mile wildfire near a bombing range in New Jersey 2, calming the flames to mostly smoldering 4 blush. But firefighters warned the flames could rekindle 5 if the winds pick up.
3. Memorial services are set for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's eldest 6 child. Yolanda King will be honored next Thursday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. There will be no public viewing.
4. And a shoo-in has gone home. Judge favorite, Melinda Doolittle was voted off "American Idol 7" last night, leaving beatboxer Blake Lewis and teen singer Jordin Sparks to duke it out in next week's finale.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. whereabouts: noun
If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found.
=location
2. smolder 3: verb
If something smolders 8, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames.
3. blush: n-count
Blush is a red or rosy 9 color.
4. shoo-in: n-count
A shoo-in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed. (mainly AM, INFORMAL)
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- The smolder will soon be a flame.闷火很快变为烈焰。
- It can smolder undetected for hours,then suddenly explode in fiery destruction.也有可能好几小时内不被发觉，突然激烈的爆炸。
- The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
- The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句
- Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.她激情已逝,无从心回意转。
- Is there anything could rekindle his extinct passion?有什么事情可重燃他逝去的热情呢？
- The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
- The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
- As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
- Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
- Watch as fire smolders at the bullet-ridden Red Mosque complex. 现在，大火正在红色清真寺内燃烧。 来自互联网