时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(八)月


英语课

 1. A temporary cease fire declared by Israel slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, with Hamas Rocket fire tapering 1 off, and with Israel’s ground operations in Gaza winding 2 down, the fighting appears to be easing. 


 
2. The Mayor of Toledo, Ohio has lifted a water ban that left 400,000 people scrambling 3. Toledo officials issued the water warning in Ohio’s 4th largest city early Saturday. People in north western Ohio and south eastern Michigan were told to avoid drinking tap water because of toxins 4 contaminating the lake, possibly from algae 5
 
3. Hurricane Bertha has formed in the Atlantic off the US east coast, but isn’t expected to be a threat to land. The 2nd hurricane at the Atlantic season had maximum sustained winds near 80 miles an hour. It was forecasted to start weakening Tuesday.
 
4. The tower of London’s moat was turned to red by a sea of ceramic 6 poppies Monday, to commemorate 7 the 100th anniversary of Wold War I. The art insulation 8 features nearly 900,000 ceramic poppies, one for every British and commonwealth 9 soldier who died during the conflict.

adj.尖端细的
  • Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
  • Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发,冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )
  • The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
  • Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
n.制陶业,陶器,陶瓷工艺
  • The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。
  • Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。
vt.纪念,庆祝
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
学英语单词
a cool hand
adenocystic ovary
belt maker
bipack
brominated methans
bumper crops
butakov
calculus of residues
cerros
chain tong
chrysanthemum partheniums
Conconully
consent form
dancing shoes
DDWG
deathair
degraded service state
Delareyville
deviate child
direct telescope
discrete semiconductor device
electric spark CNC wire-cut machine
electrochemical energy
embolalia
enamelum
Eromycin
false germination
fermentable extract
ferrocement
fibers sweat
fire marshall
forhunger
functional strength
ghedda waxes
GM_amount-of-number-of-or-quantity-of
goods placed at the disposal og the buyer
gubber
holyer
horse tramway
hyperresonant percussion note
induration of corpora cavernosa
jet humidifier
jewelling tool
jurassics
kettlesful
kicks the can down the road
knight's move
Lionel Hampton
Lipostaca
litvinskite
logical-mathematical intelligence
Londji
made an exchange
made it her business
miniplasmid
normal alkaliine
order of columns
oshuns
palpigrade
Paradeisi
party political
perforated (paper)tape
pessimists
pop
quelea (dioch)
Quineville
R-3-ZON
re-estimated
Reaburn, Mt.
reduced diameter
Rhynchotechum longipes
ricins
Robert Devereux
rushed through
scrapeable
sectoral economics
series parallel conversion
service cost center
side-dump bucket
slockened
solid combustiblemineral
solid state sensor
solo (surakarta)
somatopsychic disturbance
Southern Oscillation
stick to sth
strongylodons
taper key
technical content
temper justice with mercy
tent-bed
thaw depth
three-casing double flow turbine
tincture of gelsemium
Trichocereus
true modulus
ultrasonocardiotomography
unicellular bios
water draught gage
weidemann
wood leopard moth
work-friendly