时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(九)月


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芝加哥一水回收厂发生爆炸


This is AP News Minute.


A hearse carrying Senator John McCain's casket arrived at the north Phoenix 1 baptist church for a public memorial service. Inside, he was eulogized as "a true American hero" and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor.


Mourners streamed into a Detroit church to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin. The viewing Thusday was held at New Bethel Baptist church, where the Queen of Soul got her start as a gospel singer.


At least eight people were injured Thursday when an explosion caused a section of roof to collapse 2 at a Chicago water reclaimation plant. The cause of the explosion is not yet known.


Instead of catching 3 fish, rats and other life, it's becoming increasingly popular for scientists to look for tiny bits of DNA 4 the ceratures left behind: hair, scales and feather, in an effort to protect biodiversity. The genetic 5 material can be detected hours, weeks or millennia 6 later.



n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
adj.遗传的,遗传学的
  • It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
  • Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
n.一千年,千禧年
  • For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来,异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
  • In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里,恐龙逐渐死绝了。
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