时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)


英语课

1. Investigators 1 looking into what went wrong in the Gulf 2 of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are getting their first chance to look at the failed device up close.


 


2. Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala that have killed dozens of people. One landslide 3 partially 4 buried a bus, killing 5 12 people.


 


3. Jetblue flight attendant Steven Slater's big exit last month was for good. His lawyer said he has resigned from his job. Slater gained infamy 6 after jumping down a plane's emergency slide. The airline will only say he is no longer an employee. Slater still faces criminal charges.


 


4. Sixty-nine people in Mexico have made it into the Guinness World Record book. Sunday they set a new record for the greatest number of people simultaneously 7 lassoing. The group twirled their ropes for nearly three minutes.

 



n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
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。
n.声名狼藉,出丑,恶行
  • They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富,但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。
  • Traitors are held in infamy.叛徒为人所不齿。
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
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