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. Dawn Saturday brought out search and rescue workers again in central Florida, an area devastated 1 by thunderstorms that included tornados 2. The storms struck in darkness early Friday morning killing 3 at least 20 people. Victims included teenagers and at least one child.


2. Gunbattles in Gaza on Saturday defying a truce 4 between the Fatah and Hamas factions 5. Twelve people were wounded by late morning. This came after a ceasefire agreement announced late Friday, a deadly day of battles between the two sides.


3. Forty-six countries are joining France in pushing for a new environmental body to police nations that pollute. The appeal follows a report from leading scientists saying humans are to blame for global warming.


4. President Bush waded 7 into enemy territory Saturday, addressing the House Democratic Caucus 8 in Virginia. This group snatched away Republican control of the House in November. The president is expected to take questions from Democrats 9 but behind closed doors.


 



WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. police : VERB
If a person or group in authority polices a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal.


2. wade 6 into : VERB
If someone wades 10 in or wades into something, they get involved in a very determined 11 and forceful way, often without thinking enough about the consequences of their actions.


3. caucus : N-COUNT
A caucus is a group of people within an organization who share similar aims and interests or who have a lot of influence.(FORMAL)



v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
  • They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束
  • The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
  • She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
n.秘密会议;干部会议;v.(参加)干部开会议
  • This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
  • It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • 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》
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的第三人称单数 )
  • A lumi wields a golden morningstar with trained ease as it wades into melee. 光民熟练地挥舞钉头锤加入战团。
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
actours
alternatively-fired exhaust gas boiler
American Oriental Banking Corporation
asset price information dissemination
Bayes
bierstube, Bierstube
biochronotype
blester
blockheadish
blue flyer
bypassing traffic
carrot cakes
cascade combination system
chaudhry
cheastes
chrysosis(chrysiasis)
compromisings
corner step
cottertown
CRASNITIN
creosphaeria sassafras
cytotrophoblastic shell
Davies, (William)Robertson
dc couple
demand graph
democonazole
DEn (Department of Energy)
dentosurgery
dents de cheral
dionysius of halicarnassus
dry flax
ear marking
edge-on object
efficient amse
electrolytic rheostat
Ellulian
english-gothics
Ethernet card
export label
fall into an argument with
fast lanes
felt damp-proof course
find a true bill
fishworm
from top to toe
hafa
herringbone masonry
hygroscopic nuclei
interdomes
katydid
La Roche-des-Arnauds
loadable module
macroscopic observation
mitogenic radiation
modernista
modularise
molecular machinery
neuropsychologic
new sensations
nonmatured
orthographised
packet collision rate
palmist
perciatelli
photo-chemicalphotoconductor
Phyllopteryx
popularly
porupine
powder sintered magnetic material
pressure reduction
primary coolant system
priodontal lesion
pulverized slag
rapists
reactor-produced
remain in a state of flux
screed board vibrator
seldom-used
shoreweed
shotgun approaches
slab miller
software-defined storage
soy milk flavo(u)r
spirit dye
spittler
strong unit
take a squint at
tip cylinder of worm
tnrc
to places of decimals
translation transformation
triflous
turin
unade
unbunches
unstanged
vectorettes
vulval cleft
water heating
work screen
WTE