美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-15
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
2. Washington D.C. is remembering longtime newsman Tim Russert. At the Newseum exhibits highlight the political analyst 1. And at NBC, flowers serve as a makeshift memorial for the network's bureau chief. Russert died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 58.
3. It's been less than a month since the U.S. declared polar bears a threatened species. But now the Bush administration's giving seven oil companies permission to potentially harm them while looking for oil and natural gas. The Fish and Wildlife Service issued regulations providing legal protection.
4. NASA is congratulating the space shuttle crew on a 'beautiful landing.' Discovery glided 3 back to Earth after a 14-day trip that NASA says(插入语) was about as smooth as it gets. The shuttle delivered a billion-dollar science lab to the International Space Station.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.punch [transitive]v.
to make a hole in something, using a metal tool or other sharp object
2.exhibit [countable] n.
something, for example a painting, that is put in a public place so that people can go to see it
3.highlight[transitive]v.
to make a problem or subject easy to notice so that people pay attention to it
4.makeshift adj.
made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available
5.memorial[countable]n.
something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has died
6.potentially [+ adjective/adverb]
something that is potentially dangerous, useful etc is not dangerous etc now, but may become so in the future
7.glide 2 [always + adverb/preposition]v.
to move smoothly 4 and quietly, as if without effort
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated 5 to managing and preserving wildlife.
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
- So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。
- The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
- They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。