美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-04
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. A steady stream of mourners paid their final respects to Gerald R. Ford 1 in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former president is to be buried on his presidential museum grounds overlooking the Grand River.
2. Iraq's National Security Advisor 2 insists he had nothing to do with the video of Saddam Hussein's hanging. A prosecutor 3 who was at the execution told the New York Times that he saw the official filming the execution with a cellphone. The advisor instead suggested that Sunni insurgents 4 may have infiltrated 6 the execution chamber 7.
3. Duke University has invited 2 of the lacrosse players accused of sexual assault to return to school as students in good standing 8, that according to a defense 9 attorney. The students had been barred from attending classes while the case made its way to the court.
4. Back-to-back blizzards 10 have paralyzed several states in the Midwest. National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food for livestock 11 trapped by snowdrifts as high as rooftops. It could be weeks before power is restored in the region.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. infiltrate 5 : VERB
If people infiltrate a place or organization, or infiltrate into it, they enter it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it.
2. lacrosse : N-UNCOUNT
Lacrosse is an outdoor game in which players use long sticks with nets at the end to catch and throw a small ball, in order to try and score goals.
3. back-to-back : ADJ
Consecutively, one after another, as in I'm exhausted 12; I had three meetings back to back.
4. snowdrift : N=COUNT
A snowdrift is a deep pile of snow formed by the wind..
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- 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
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
- Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我们也可能受到暴风雪的袭击。
- Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大风雪袭击英国已进入第三天。
- Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
- The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。