美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-28
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Saudi officials say they've broken up a terror plot on the verge 1 of being carried out. One hundred seventy two Islamic militants 2 have been arrested. Police also confiscated 3 weapons and cash.
2. A new book by former CIA Director George Tenet says the Bush administration rushed to war without serious debate. A senior White House counselor 4 dismisses the charges.
3. Evidence of dog fighting at a Virginia home owned by Atlanta Falcons 5 quarterback Michael Vick. Police found more than 60 dogs, some appearing malnourished and showing signs of being in fight.
4. New York police are questioning this wanted man, 44-year-old Jack 6 Roads, in the mugging of a 101-year-old woman who uses a walker. The March attack was caught on surveillance tape and caused an outrage 7.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. dismiss: verb
If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
2. mug: verb
If someone mugs you, they attack you in order to steal your money.
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。
- The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
- Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。
- Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey. 游隼捕到鸟类猎物时，通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛，再把肉撕下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Though he doubted the wisdom of using falcons, Dr. de la Fuente undertook the project. 虽然德·拉·富恩特博士怀疑使用游隼是否明智，但他还是执行了这项计划。 来自辞典例句
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。