美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-14
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Harriet Miers has been ordered to tell Congress what she knows about the firing of eight federal prosecutors 1. She was subpoenaed 3 today by Democrats 4 who are looking to see if there's a link between the White House and the controversial firings.
2. Iraqi forces are trying to keep Baghdad quiet after suspected al-Qaeda insurgents 5 attacked a revered 7 Shiite shrine 8 earlier today. This is the second time the mosque 9 has been hit and there are fears this attack could prompt large sectarian violence.
3. Police in Clay City, Kentucky say a prisoner in the backseat of a police cruiser was somehow able to shoot and kill the city's police chief. They say Randy Lacy was shot by a man he had just arrested.
4. Scientists working in China say they discovered the remains 10 of a bird-like dinosaur 11. They say it was 15-feet tall and weighed 3,000 pounds. They say the discovery is forcing them to rethink how birds evolved.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. subpoena 2 : VERB V n, V n
If someone subpoenas 12 a person, they give them a legal document telling them to attend a court of law and give evidence. If someone subpoena s a piece of evidence, the evidence must be produced in a court of law.
2. revere 6: VERB V n
If you revere someone or something, you respect and admire them greatly. (FORMAL)
3. revered: ADJ usu ADJ n
4. prompt: VERB V n to-inf, V n
To prompt someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.
5. shrine: N-COUNT
A shrine is a place of worship which is associated with a particular holy person or object.
6. mosque: N-COUNT
A mosque is a building where Muslims go to worship.
7. sectarian: ADJ usu ADJ n
Sectarian means resulting from the differences between different religions.
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。
- Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。
- The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. 法庭传唤她出庭作证。
- The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution. 财务经理被检查机关传讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- Students revere the old professors.学生们十分尊敬那些老教授。
- The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven.中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。
- A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
- He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
- My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
- Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网