美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-12
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Finally a break for upstate New Yorkers. It didn't snow Sunday and residents took advantage to shovel 1 off rooftops. But some were too late. The heavy snow caused some roofs to collapse 2. Some cities have more than 10 feet of snow after 9 days of snowfall.
2. Senator Barack Obama says if Australian Prime Minister John Howard wants to fight the good fight in Iraq, perhaps he should send more troops. Howard criticized Obama for his position on the war. Obama says he's flattered President Bush's ally is attacking him.
3. A first for Harvard. Drew Gilpin Faust has been named the University's 28th president and the first woman to hold the positions. She is a noted 3 scholar and historian. Faust takes over from Lawrence Summers who created controversy 4 when he said gender 5 differences could explain why women don't get top science jobs.
4. Felix Espinoza is not about to let a little thing like having no forearms deter 6 him from painting. The Peruvian painter uses his mouth and foot to hold paintbrush. He's won international accolades 8 for his watercolors and carvings 9.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. shovel: verb
If you earth, coal or snow, you lift and move it with a shovel.
2. controversy: noun
Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving feelings of anger or disapproval 10.
3. accolade 7: n-count
If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them. (FORMAL)
- He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
- He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
- Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
- Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
- Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。
- Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.四家餐馆获授予三星级餐馆的最高荣誉称号。
- The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.诺贝尔奖已成为科学界的最高荣誉。
- Unlike other accolades for literature which tend to value style or experimentation. 有别于其他偏重风格活实验性的文学奖项。 来自互联网
- Build your trophy room while amassing awards and accolades. 建立您的奖杯积累奖项和荣誉。 来自互联网
- The desk was ornamented with many carvings. 这桌子装饰有很多雕刻物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Shell carvings are a specialty of the town. 贝雕是该城的特产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。