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] Iraqis are looking forward to Sunday's elections, but some fear possible chaos 1. The vote is Iraq's second nationwide election and comes at a vastly different time than the first in 2005. US troops have all but vanished from streets, but attacks continue and militants 2 have threatened to target voters. 


 


[2] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has toured the heavily-damaged Chilean city of Concepcion. Firefighters showed him a 15-storey apartment building that had split and collapsed 3, killing 4 nine people. Ban says the international community will provide field hospitals, temporary bridges and other aid.


 


[3] President Barack Obama is turning up the heat for health care overhaul 5 again, using his weekly radio and Internet address to try to convince a skeptical 6 public of the need for his plan. He balked 7 Republicans' calls to start from scratch. 


 


[4] Hundreds of sled dogs and thousands of fans lined up along Anchorage's 4th Avenue for the ceremonial start to the 1,100-mile Iditarod Dog Race. The actual competition starts on Sunday.


 



n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
adj.怀疑的,多疑的
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
v.畏缩不前,犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 );(指马)不肯跑
  • He balked in his speech. 他忽然中断讲演。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • They balked the robber's plan. 他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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Alagez Mount
alcine
Allium victorialis
analog-digital simulation computer
atmospheric lapse rate
Bathyergidae
blau
BMP program
branch type instruction
breakup of voyage
cerisies
chabola
chano
computer-controlled memory test system
conchiplasty
controlled avalanche transit time triode
Corsican mints
crown spring
cyclostylar
date indicator core
deigneth
diagnosis ex juvantibus
dicellispora lelebae
direction of deposition
domafic
Dutch Colonial
e-texts
ecash
elaphoglossum angulatum
euplica deshayesi
EVLW
execution circuit
extension crystallization
fetch operand
gad-fly
giartinine
good opportunity
Gosen
herbert a. simons
horse-hoof sleeve
hypochordal longmuscle
immediately following
indefectuous
inquiry agency
International Relations and Security Network
Joghatāy, Kūh-ye
Juan Ramon Jimenez
kietyoite
kinematic extrapolation
lovers' vows
macrobrachium horstii
mimela confucius formosana
Mundjura Cr.
nitrocomplex
noninstitute clause
normal high water level
nukkas
off your face
omega minus
Phaeosphaerida
phone-ins
Pipeline, distribution
plutonyl(vi) chloride
pocket dosimeter
policy making level
Ponente, C.
pothunter
rally caps
random minelaying
repetendum
rib and loin
rice sieve
rolling steel door
rough pipe
semiautomatic seal
seminarcosis
Setcreasea
skunkhead
stack allocation
stand head and shoulders above
sterile creep
strict double counterpoint
strombus labiosus
sunk screw
target flow transmitter
the poles
thermit mixture
TIRC
to use
try every shift available
untabify
uthinia albisignalis
varitypes
Vincadar
Vita glass
vyny
weighted approximation
weighted spectral responsivity
wireline corer
wooden moulding wiring
yester-day
zigzag value