时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月


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1. Hurricane Ike is making its way past the Bahamas on a heading toward Cuba. At last report, its top winds were near 135 miles an hour. Officials in Florida are taking precautions. A hurricane watch has been issued for the Keys and evacuations are underway.


2. The federal government is taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Announcing the move this morning, Treasury 1 Secretary Henry Paulson says if the two institutions were allowed to fail, it would cause “great turmoil” in financial markets not only in the US but around the globe.


3. Events around the anniversary of September 11th, 2001 are already underway. Today was the fourth annual National America Supports You Freedom Walk, an event to reflect on the lives lost in the terror attacks. Pentagon employees who were on site on September 11th and thousands of Washington D.C. area residents took part.


4. NFL football is returning and one of the sport's star players has already been hurt. New England Patriots 2 QB Tom Brady went down after a hit on the left leg. He limped off the field midway through the first quarter of the game against the Chiefs.


WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online


1. reflect on:  v.
When you reflect on something, you think deeply about it.
 
2. limp:  v.
to walk slowly and with difficulty because one leg is hurt or injured.


3. America Supports You Freedom Walk:
(from America Supports You Freedom Walk official website)
    The America Supports You Freedom Walk is a national tradition that calls on people to reflect on the lives lost on September 11, 2001, remember those who responded, honor our veterans past and present, and renew our commitment to freedom and the values of our country. Each year the number of walks held throughout the nation grows, as more people are moved to participate.


    The tradition was born when Pentagon employees, seeking a way to honor the victims of the attack on the Pentagon and their families, and pay tribute to those who responded to that attack as well as those who serve, organized a walk from the Pentagon to the National Mall. Nearly 15,000 people took part. Now, America Supports You Freedom Walks are taking place in communities across the nation. Last year 255 communities participated, and every state was represented, along with eight nations overseas.


 



n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。
学英语单词
a gemini
Addtl
aligning microscope
appoximate continuity
Arderone
auxiliary firing
body search
bonibells
bubble dancer
bus duct work
bustiers
cancelled ballot ticket
chip shell
coalign
cotton gatherer
crest angle
cronje
cubango
cut-off interval
cycloses
depilators
dip coating process
distance correcting mechanism of range-finder
DMZ hosts
dryhanded
dryness-moistening and phlegm-resolving prescription
Fergusonite-trihydrate
filament emission
fine and microstructure of ocean
galactaric acid
good-times
granados
half-duplex
hyaline cell
hydroxyphenylarsonic acid
inferior carotid ganglia
integrated sounding system (iss)
interface description language
invisible runners
kakortokite
keep your eye on the ball
Koch's node
larch bark extract
line-sequential color-television
liquid breakdown
liquidation statement
long summer
machine-readable texts
maintenance team
matako
mazurek
mesoporous molecular sieve catalyst
monascus
multirelation
Nea Dimmata
night-creams
Nocardiophage
nomo-
nonerupted deciduous teeth
nonreconstructive inversion
nuplex
Ojo de Laguna
Ollantaitambo
operating losses
palilalias
parturiates
party-man
pashminas
payment of royalty
pendulous axis
phylosopher
pickled
population distribution
position modulation
prediction accuracy
purified helium product cooler
repaneled
ruddys
Runamycin
serve the turn
shatterindex
side draw tray
skew pupils
sputtering deposition
stereoscopic rangefinder
sulfatidate
Szabo
tampulbolon
tautomerizm
telc
tilting prevention device
Timpas
to keep your eyes peeled
unchampioned
Uniloy
universal-joint journal
vaccary
Vsign
water-sop
Whitworth standard screw thread
young Turks