美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-06
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
2. In an extraordinary shake-up, Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne are stepping down. It comes after a number of embarrassing setbacks over the past year.
3. Two astronauts are on a spacewalk to spruce up the international space station’s new Japanese lab. The Discovery crew members are setting up two TV cameras around the Kibo lab’s robotic arms. The third and final spacewalk is planned for this weekend.
4. And hundreds of spectators watched a French skyscraper 3 climber scale the New York Times 52-storey building. The 45-year-old daredevil was taken into custody 4 at the top. The stunt 5 was supposed to draw attention to global warming.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.confessed adj. [only before noun]
having admitted publicly that you have done something
2.mastermind n.[singular]
someone who plans and organizes a complicated operation, especially a criminal operation
3.shake-up n.[countable]
a process by which an organization makes a lot of big changes in a short time to improve its effectiveness
4. spacewalk n.[countable]
the act of moving around outside a spacecraft while in space, or the time spent outside it
5.spruce up
to make yourself or something look neater and tidier
6.set up
to prepare the equipment that will be needed for an activity so that it is ready to be used
7.scale vt.
to climb to the top of something that is high and difficult to climb
8.daredevil n.[countable]
someone who likes doing dangerous things
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
- The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。
- The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
- The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。