时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)


英语课

1. It was a good night for Tea Party candidates in Delaware. Christine O'Donnell rode a surge of support from Tea Party activists 1 to win the Republican Senate primary. She defeated nine-term Congressman 2 Mike Castle. The winner in the general election will take over Vice 3 President Joe Biden's former Senate seat.


 


2. American Sarah Shourd is resting in Oman's capital of Muscat on her first full day of freedom. She was released from custody 4 in Iran yesterday after spending more than 13 months in custody. It's unclear how long Shourd will remain in Oman. Two other Americans who were detained with Shourd remain in a Tehran prison.


 


3. The tropics continue to heat up. Hurricane Julia has intensified 5 into a major hurricane with winds near 135 miles per hour. Hurricane Igor continues to be the largest storm with 145 mile-an-hour winds. But it's tropical storm Karl who will impact land first. That storm is expected to cross over the Yucatan sometime today.


 


4. The woman best known for crashing a White House state dinner says in a new book she has multiple sclerosis. Michaele Salahi says it was a bout 6 with MS that forced her and her husband to leave last year's state dinner.

 



n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
  • The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
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