时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月


英语课

1. Barack Obama got the support of at least 4 Democratic convention super delegates on his day off today. That's building on his momentum 1 from yesterday's North Carolina primary win. Meantime, Hillary Clinton was in West Virginia, vowing 2 to stay in the race until there is a nominee 3.


 2. This video of Philadelphia police beating 3 men is rocking the city's police department. More than a dozen officers will be taken off the street as authorities investigate the Monday night incident. It comes as officers are still looking for a suspect in the deadly shooting of a fellow officer last weekend.


3. The top US diplomat 4 in Myanmar says the death toll 5 there may reach 100,000. That's after Saturday's cyclone 6 demolished 7 95% of the buildings in the southern portion of the country.


4. And this volcano in Chile is pouring out gas and ash for a sixth straight day. Chile's president is promising 8 support for the thousands of people forced to evacuate 9 their homes. So far, the ash has covered more than 50,000 acres.



n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.旋风,龙卷风
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来,为了不让拆除他们的房子,他们一直在进行最后的努力。
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
学英语单词
Akanthou
all water
alternating-current converter
aminosalicylate
amphipodan
Auterive
avoid curve
ballsiest
Beyond War
chamberers
coal resources exploration
colaprete
commercial activity
condemn sb to exile
copper mica chalcophyllite
diet liver
differential permeability
dignotions
dissolvant
downstages
dredging sump
drumlin
dyslalia
eisfeld
elevator pitch
Emmaste
enantioseparate
enzymic synthesis
extranuclear electron
featheredged coping
fetch a box on the ears
five men shifting defense
formation level
Gaspereau, L.
gelatinous marrow
General Operator's Certificate
genus Polygala
goalkickings
graphite particles
gross savings
high gain operational amplifier
honorary trusts
hookeria nipponensis(besch.)broth
hoolian
input/output device controller
intrinsic inpedance
ionic acidity
iron halogenide
Izki
jean laffites
Koehn L.
laundered money
Louis the Quarreller
Lugg, River
lumbar punctures
marine microbial ecology
melanogogues
mining radiation hazard
misconstructions
non-rebreathers
oil discharging by gravity flow
owambo
partition capacitance
pellet receiver
plate mo(u)lding
precision measuring microscope
protein rich
provision of law
quad word
reduced join
reevoking
remember doing sth
right balanced functor
roleau
round wood screw
Saint Michael and Saint George
sematophyllum demissum
sepsis nitens
shareholding equity
soft-center steel mouldboard
Sokoke
solid-head buttress dam
solutionist
spice plaster
strychnine sulfate
subbottom depth recorder
surface texture
tec tek
teep
temporarily surplus fund
the mother and father of
trachoma bodles
tripod landing gear
unpassible
use of water
volokh
Weller, Thomas Huckle
Wingom
woven mattress
X/Open
yamin
zero-order hold