美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-09
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Iraqi flags are flying throughout Baghdad as residents prepare to mark the 4th anniversary of the city's fall in the US-led invasion of Iraq. Supporters of radical 1 cleric Muqtada al-Sadr planned to mark the day with a demonstration 2 in Najaf.
2. Pope Benedict XVI used the Easter Mass to lament 3 the continual slaughter 4 in Iraq. The Pope told the Easter crowd nothing positive is coming from Iraq.
3. Northwest Airlines is apologizing to passengers after a pilot went on the obscenity-laden tirade 5. The airline cancelled the flight, stranding 6 180 passengers booked on the Las Vegas-to-Detroit trip. Northwest will decide if the pilot is punished.
4. Germany's baby polar bear may be cute and cuddly 7, but is also making big money for the Berlin Zoo. Visitors to the zoo have doubled since Knut made his public debut 8. The zoo is also unveiling a line of Knut merchandise.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. cleric: n-count
A cleric is a member of the clergy 9.
2. obscenity: n-uncount
Obscenity is behavior, art or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.
3. -laden
-laden combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something has a lot of a particular thing or quality.
e.g. a fat-laden meal, smoke-laden air
4. tirade: n-count
A tirade is a long angry speech in which someone criticizes a person or a thing.
5. cuddly: adj
A cuddly person or animal makes you want to cuddle them.
6. debut: n-count
The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance or recording 10.
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- Her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband.她的长篇大论激起了她丈夫的强烈反对。
- He delivered a long tirade against the government.他发表了反政府的长篇演说。
- The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists. 机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。 来自辞典例句
- The stream of history had changed course away from him, stranding him in failure. 历史潮流已经改变方向，与他背道而驰，使他陷于失败之中。 来自辞典例句
- The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
- You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。