时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)


英语课

[1] The head of Toyota is apologizing to the American people for safety lapses 1 that led to a number of deaths and widespread recalls. Akio Toyota appeared Wednesday before Congress where he also disputed claims that electronics were to blame for the cars' woes 2


 


[2] The teacher who tackled a gunman at a Colorado middle school is lamenting 3 that he didn't act soon enough. Two people were shot and injured in the incident. Bond for the suspect has been set at a million dollars. 


 


[3] The Senate has passed a 35-billion-dollar jobs bill it hopes will get the economy on track. The bipartisan measure gives businesses tax cuts and 1,000-dollar credit when they hire the unemployed 4


 


[4] A snowboarder is lucky to be alive after he was caught in an avalanche 5. The man was able to recall his ordeal 6 as he snowboarded and slid through at all. He also says the snow itself pushed him away from the rocks.   


 



n.失误,过失( lapse的名词复数 );小毛病;行为失检;偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 );陷入;倒退;丧失
  • He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
  • He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里,惊慌失措,恶劣的莫名其妙的动作,各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
  • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
  • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
adj.悲伤的,悲哀的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的现在分词 )
  • Katydids were lamenting fall's approach. 蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Lamenting because the papers hadn't been destroyed and the money kept. 她正在吃后悔药呢,后悔自己没有毁了那张字条,把钱昧下来! 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
n.雪崩,大量涌来
  • They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
  • Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
  • Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
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