美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-21
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Anna Nicole Smith is on the docket in two courtrooms. In Florida, there's a hearing on who gets the former model's remains 1. And in Los Angeles, a closed-door session is scheduled to determine the father of Smith's infant daughter Dannie Lynn.
2. An emergency radio beacon 2 helped rescue three climbers on Mount Hood 3 and a big dog kept them warm. The group endured a foul 4 and a cold night before being found.
3. A big victory for Big Tobacco. The US Supreme 5 Court is tossing out punitive 6 damages of nearly 80 million dollars against Philip Morris USA, awarded to a smoker's widow. The court says jurors were told they could only punish for harm done to the plaintiff and not to other smokers 7 in other cases.
4. JetBlue Airways 8 is hoping to win back business with a customer's bill of rights, promising 9 vouchers 11 to fliers who got delayed. This comes after winter weather paralyzed the New York based airline, leaving passengers on planes for hours.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. docket: n-count
A docket is a list of cases waiting for trial in a law court. (mainly AM)
2. foul: adj.
Foul weather is unpleasant, windy and stormy.
3. plaintiff: n-count
A plaintiff is a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law.
4. voucher 10: n-count
A voucher is a ticket or a piece of paper that can be used instead of money to pay for something.
- 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。
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
- Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
- What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
- The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The government should run a voucher system.政府应该施行凭证制度。
- Whenever cash is paid out,a voucher or receipt should be obtained.无论何时只要支付现金，就必须要有一张凭据或者收据。