时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(七)月


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1. Protesters take to the streets in Japan ahead of the G8 summit 1 of the world's leading industrialized 2 nations. More than 1,000 people gathered in a park, demanding action on global warming and poverty. Four were arrested.



2. Hundreds of National Guard troops will go to California, helping 3 to battle wildfires. The governor 4 says many firefighters have gone days without sleep and need rest. There are 334 wildfires burning around the Golden State.


3. The number of salmonella cases continues to rise. An outbreak has now sickened 943 people, landing 5 at least 130 in the hospital. Tomatoes are the leading suspect. But other types of fresh produce are also being tested.



4. At Wimbledon, the big sister bests the little sister. Venus Williams defeats Serena for her fifth Wimbledon title and second in a row, reasserting her dominance on her favorite court and favorite grass.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. G8(Group of Eight): n. 八国集团


The countries of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Representatives from these countries meet to discuss economic concerns.


2. salmonella: n. 沙门氏菌


3. land: vt. Informal.


To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail 6.


4. best: vt


To get the better of; beat


 



n.最高点,峰顶;最高级会议;极点
  • They climbed up the mountain and reached the summit.他们爬山,最终达到了山顶。
  • The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.山顶隐没在云雾之中。
adj.工业的,工业化的
  • Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. 污染就是我们为这个人口过密,过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。 来自新概念英语第三册
  • Industrialized countries must reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 工业化国家必须减少二氧化碳的排放。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
n.统治者,地方长官(如省长,州长,总督等)
  • The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
  • He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
n.登陆;着陆;楼梯平台
  • Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病,飞机不得不进行迫降。
  • When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆?
n.监狱,看守所;vt.监禁,拘留
  • The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
  • If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西,最终会被抓进监狱的。
学英语单词
accessible singularity
Agapetes angulata
aporphine
arenaemyein
atavism reversion
auto-exciting
bacterial enteritis
basalt-plain
be unschooled in sth
building damage statistics
C. of E
cabinet radiation
cadavid
case mould plaster
center cracked tension specimen
chloropropanol
Consolidated Natural Gas
contextual effect
customer setup
damage water
deisidaimonia
dofetilide
doubletube plate condenser
durational verb
earthquake proof construction
electron configuration
Emiratizing
epoxy glass laminated sheet
Eraverm
F-format
failed broker
fellaheen
flame cut(ting)
foreign workers statistics
fusion warhead
Georgia Institute of Technology
honorablenesses
hydraulic classifier
hypoprogestinism
immunity from suit
incrust
indian-american
infrared remote control
isostearate
isotopic molecule
johnny bags
Kawaura
keep out
knight of the community/parliament
lead-acid storage battery
lockstitch
Lunache
lunar seismograph
machining constant
Macrosolen robinsonii
MediaFLO
mesalamine
Mglin
Mindanao
Mohembo
nova sofala(sofala)
oil production engineering
oncotrephin
one's bump of locality
out of door
pedia-gastrofiberscope
pigeon hawks
place utility
playpipe
police launch
power handling capacity
preexponential factor
primary current of a current transformer
quasi-two-dimensional
Quelpart I.
radio-electroencephalograph
read-write random-access memory
refering
representative rates of exchange
Rokitansky-Aschoff ducts
rubber anti-icer
sastre
selective electrode
separator-spatula
set afoot
ship control centre
Short Circuit Rating
Silver-grain
spidergrams
spring vegetable
start stop self-phasing code
stream layer
summission
three-tined
thrush breast
titrated
total labour force
triethyleneglycol
triple-screw steamer ship
urinary catheter
USAB
water beetles