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. The US has hit a grim milestone 1 in Iraq. The Pentagon announced that at least 3,000 American soldiers have died in the war in Iraq. At least 111 service members have died in December alone, making it the deadliest month this year for the military in the war.


2. Saddam Hussein was buried today in the Iraqi town where he was born. Mourners, including his relatives, cried and mourned his death. Gunmen called for revenge for the execution. A woman said she will teach her children to take revenge on Americans.


3. It's been a deadly end to 2006 in Thailand. Nine bombs exploded across the country killing 2 at least 2 people. Dozens are injured. Authorities cancelled public New Year's Eve celebrations after the blasts.


4. Hundreds are remembering former president Gerald Ford 3 in Washington DC. He is lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda 4. Some visitors say they waited in long lines just to pay their respects. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday.


 


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. grim: adj.
A situation or a piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.


2. lie in state: phrase
If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.


3. service: n-count
A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church.



n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
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.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • 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。
n.圆形建筑物;圆厅
  • The Capitol at Washington has a large rotunda.华盛顿的国会大厦有一圆形大厅。
  • The rotunda was almost deserted today,dotted with just a few tourists.圆形大厅今天几乎没有多少人,只零星散布着几个游客。
学英语单词
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absorptive rate
Aechmina
al barrah (barra)
alectura lathamis
alphabet and dance
analog 2-d filters
angularacceleration
be in pain
beat the record
centralized check
christoms
ciliary zonule
clavel
coefficient of determination
corn-marigold
Crooked River
deashed
deep thinking
deferred performance liabilities
degree of zero
deoxycholic(acid)
Dīdī, Jabal ad
electronic trunk scale
Engler viscosimeter
epiphenethicillin
equipotentiality
etemad
father l.
field of plane on a manifold
fillingup
Frederiksborg Amt
General Security Services
genus chlorophyllums
guarinis
hawkynss
heat shields
heat utilization efficiency
Hwangju-gun
hypohyloma
induced current
input-output coefficients
interest on debenture
juvenile polyposis
kicky
Leman, Lake
Lembang
lencophenga (lencophenga) fuscipennis
liquid-lever transmitter
lsof
mat silver
mcilroys
measurings
meladiorite
mini-blinds
monophasic orogenic cycle
Myriacanthiformes
non equivalent electrons
orthopedicss
passiflora laurifolias
peripheral routine
perivascular foot
petname
phyllosan
plistocene series
pooling area
post parcel scale
practical effect
predelinquent
railway lines
religionlike
Renault, Louis
revilers
Rydöbruk
set point signal
sharp-edged
Shire Highlands
single-point load
sleigh-ridden
snap-through
Southwold
spread of wave function
stampeded
standing ovations
Synsepalum
system scheduling
tonner's risk
traction reactor
trebler
tribadies
Trimixin
tufetd
ultramobile
Uniform practice code
variable-length data package
virocytology
vivas
waste fish
weidner
white jellyfungus
woodlet
Zend-Avesta