时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(三)月


英语课

1.President Bush and John McCain have put the past behind them. Bush is endorsing 1 his once bitter rival in the 2000 presidential race. The two are joining together and hoping to prevent Democrats 2 from winning the White House this fall.


 


2.The Quaker Oats Company says it's recalling a limited number of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix products. That's because of a potential salmonella contamination. The recalled products are sold in two- and five-pound boxes with Best Before dates of February 8th through 16th, 2009.The company says so far no illnesses have been reported.


 


3.A good Samaritan died after chasing a pair of thieves at this Crestwood Starbucks. The 54-year-old saw a young couple steal the tip jar. He ran after them into the parking lot, but the couple ran over the man with their getaway car. Police are offering a 20,000-dollar reward.


 


4.Twin torrents 3 of water unleash 4 from this dam, rush through the Grand Canyon 5. More than 300,000 gallons of water per second were being released. That's enough water to fill the Empire State Building in 20 minutes.


 



v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
  • Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过,共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
  • Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断
  • The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Sudden rainstorms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down. 突然的暴雨会使山洪暴发。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
vt.发泄,发出;解带子放开
  • They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
  • Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今,大坝不时地改变水位,从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。
n.峡谷,溪谷
  • The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
  • The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。
学英语单词
16-bit graphics
aerophotographic
anti-platelet
appleton layer application process(ap)
aptX
Ban Chat
banana rust thrip
besots
bistable contact
blackwood furniture with filigree inlay
bushets
candillier
Castagneto Carducci
cayenne
centerline lighting
classical time-series analysis
composite brick
conformal connection
crataegus sanguinea pall
cytodifferentiation
diffusion of magnetic field
dimethyl carbonate
divorced kids
domainer
draw bar pocket
driver-free
Earl's court
enhydris plumbea
extra tax on corporate profit
family nautilidaes
fiercenesses
foreslow
fossae iatercondyloidea
gage cock
general aptitude
genus Titanosaurus
give someone charge of
guanyl
hartmann-cornu formula
high speed starting
Indian paintbrush
indirect injection
Internet Cache Protocol
Jeffrey-Traylor vibrating screen
kaitseliits
light piece
little bighorns
longspine
luggage and parcel fare
Ma-ubin
make counts
makita
market mammy
mazar-e sharif
medicinal cigarettes
melanemesis
Membracidae
meta-cognition
method of river diversion
minute per scan
multistage interconnection
oceanport
park-and-ride system
phenyl-magnesium-halide
plumbagoes
policewomen
pooheads
potato paracrinkle
progressive action
relocatable power tap
remuddle
Rhinoptera bonasus
room-mates
seashores.
SEIC
sodium allylsulfonate
spondaic
squamose
Steinakirchen
sterule
straddles
straits of magellan
styr
subtribe
supercritical fluid
the expiration of the period for exemption
the patter of little feet
thiadiazolines
to plead
tolpropamine
triple-detection receiver
try to do the impossible
tuna fish
unwhittle
valenciennea muralis
watertight flat
werebears
wigan finish
wilting per cent
Worthenia
yearmen
Zweig