时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(三月)


英语课

1. After a two-year ban, the Obama administration will allow military trials for detainees at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Obama vowed 1 when he took office to close the facility, but officials now say that is unlikely.


 


2. Oil prices spike 2 to a two-year high, and US gas prices hit 3.50 a gallon on average as fighting in oil-rich Libya intensifies 3. Pro-government forces in Libya are launching air strikes on rebels near an oil port, raising concerns that there could be a major disruption in the flow of oil.


 


3. The man accused of sexually assaulting as many as 17 women from Rhode Island to Virginia over a dozen years is being held on one and a half million dollars bail 4. Prosecutors 5 said during a hearing on Monday that the suspect asked officers when he was arrested last week why they had not picked him up sooner.


 


4. Watermelon skiing isn't for the faint hearted, or those with feeble bones. But that didn't stop folks in Queensland, Australia, from giving it a whirl. About 15,000 people swapped 6 their shoes for melons to raise money for those devastated 7 by this year's floods.



起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
n.长钉,钉鞋;v.以大钉钉牢,使...失效
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
n.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的名词复数 )v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的第三人称单数 )
  • A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
交换(工作)( swap的过去式和过去分词 ); 用…替换,把…换成,掉换(过来)
  • I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套,她喜欢我的外套,于是我们就交换了。
  • At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
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