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
accessory flagellum
acorn hexagon head bolt
adenoid cystic carcinoma of bronchus
allergic cutaneous vasculitis
alpha-taxonomy
amphisbaenidaes
Ancylostemon
bearer share
Biyala
broom snakeweed
btis
cattle-drive
celebrates
checkspost
cholangiocarcinogenesis
cognitive bias
commercial undertakings
concrete curb machine
crocodilian
dark redish brown
direct dividing head
dry capacity
embarkees
ensampled
enterotoxic hemorrhagic enteritis
error of judgment
farmboys
feline agranu locytosis
fightings
file transliteration
fleysome
formal apology
general-purpose data monagement system
global roaming
goffering irons
grabouws
guy post
harmonic absorber
heavy machinery
heavy ramming
hispars
hypersalinities
incision of longitudinal vaginal septum
initem
intelligency
intension and extension
Japanese word processor
knighthed
L.O.T.
let daylight into
loading control program
logic timing diagram
lovesomeness
Madakwe
mechanically powered winch
mini-trampoline
minimal standard
noise temperature of an antenna
nonemotionally
OMB Office of Management and Budget
optimum hydraulic section
orifice-column mixer
overdue balance
palmita
penur
Perfins Club
plan of city
pre-pandemic
put one's head on the block
qualified auditor
quibbled
rate follow-up unit
ratemeter
ratio chart
res ipsa loquiturs
ringing off the hook
ripaults
rolling compacted concrete pavement
rotor type relay
runway end safety area
RZ (return-to-zero)
screening off
shit bags
soap flake
sorting device
spix
splicing length
sprucenesses
Strait of Singapore
suyr
Thalu, Ko
thermal expansion ammeter
timing system
tippers
top sellers
tstr
turnover stock
two flow condenser
unagonizing
undefined term
wambles
wavellites