时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月


英语课
1. Senator Ted 1 Kennedy is out of surgery at Duke University. His doctor says a procedure to treat his cancerous brain tumor 2 was successful. The 76-year-old now faces chemotherapy and radiation to treat the malignant 3 glioma, a lethal 4 type of brain tumor.

2. A Texas judge has placed some tight restrictions 5 on the parents of 400 children who are being allowed to return to their polygamist compound. Among other things, the parents have to allow unannounced visits from the state.


3. Neil Entwistle arrived at a Boston-area courthouse for the beginning of his murder trial under heavy security. It's been nearly two years since he was charged with killing 6 his wife and nine-month-old daughter.


4. Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip 7 and then docked at the International Space Station. It's delivering a massive lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chemotherapy: n.


Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.


2. glioma: n.【医】神经胶质瘤


A tumor originating in the neuroglia of the brain or spinal 8 cord.


3. lethal: adj.


If you describe something as lethal, you mean that it is capable of causing a lot of damage.


4. Buzz Lightyear: 巴斯光年



vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
adj.恶性的,致命的;恶意的,恶毒的
  • Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
  • He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来,不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
  • After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
  • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
学英语单词
8vos
activated cathode
Anhydron
anti-frosting agent
antimaxima
area under crops
automatic test and checkout equipment
belch from
beperiden
billowy
britches
bukhara oblast (bukhoro wiloyati)
carbocloral
characters per second
cinderblocks
circular chromatography
clinical cellular immunology
co-investigators
coal mine environment
cone head rivet
damped forced vibration
demutualization
Deo juvante
direct negotiation
electric(al) conductivity
electricity of rolling mills
epicranial arm
epicyclic clutch brake
exclusions
external focussing telescope
factory-owner
fgs
freezing level chart
halogeton arachnoideus moq.
hand lever brake
hoot stop
illegal turn
interference frequency
jaman
jovian features
Juba dance
kerosene-engine
kirker
knoweth
Kāmalanka
labiology
leveled at
light-sensitive detector
Lombard Street to a China orange
madelaines
mail eye
Michigan lefts
mind-bendingly
moong
ne-like lasers
neofetus
nitrosylsulfuric acid
Niulakita
noon sight
Numb.
operate under the radar
Osiecznica
out-kick
out-of-round condition
oxygen gas cutting torch
per unit of phase-to-earth overvoltage
photoprint
pincushion cactus
planned joint
planter boxes
plunger-type wave generator
presenting part
preslice
pumpback reflux
quotemasters
repayment ability analysis
ringworm corrosion
rojillio
shock-absorber
short circuit condition
short circuiting device
sleep around
soft disk
Soviet Mountains
spigotty
spiral bevel gear milling cutter
squeeze-boxer
superposed ripple mark
supramarginal
sweep the boards
thaier
tubergen
UIAC
unflamboyant
Ungye
unsprayable
urdite (monazite)
visual feature
vote sth through
water bean
wax-based
wind grape