美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-22
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(五月)
英语课
1. President Barack Obama will appoint a senior White House budget official to be acting 1 commissioner 2 of the Internal Revenue Service. That's after he forced the resignation of Steven Miller 3 after revelations the IRS improperly 4 singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny 5.
2. A neighborhood in the Texas town of Granbury is described as unrecognizable. That's after a tornado 6 struck the community, leaving at least six people dead. Emergency crews are still looking for those missing.
3. Indiana State police say a semitrailer has struck a school bus carrying special-needs students on a highway near Indianapolis. As many as nine people were injured, but officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
4. And David Beckham is retiring from soccer. The 38-year-old former England captain says he will quit after the season.
2. A neighborhood in the Texas town of Granbury is described as unrecognizable. That's after a tornado 6 struck the community, leaving at least six people dead. Emergency crews are still looking for those missing.
3. Indiana State police say a semitrailer has struck a school bus carrying special-needs students on a highway near Indianapolis. As many as nine people were injured, but officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
4. And David Beckham is retiring from soccer. The 38-year-old former England captain says he will quit after the season.
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
n.磨坊主
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
不正确地,不适当地
- Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛!
- He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
n.详细检查,仔细观察
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。