时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(七月)


英语课

1. Three billion and counting, that's how much BP says it has spent in attempts to stop the oil leak in the Gulf 1 of Mexico. The money also includes settling damage claims and reimbursing 2 both the federal and local governments. So far, BP has settled about half of the more than 90,000 claims for payment.


 


2. Toyota has started recalling Lexus vehicles in Japan and overseas markets will soon follow. The problem is with defective 3 engines that could make the vehicle stall when it is moving. In all, more than 270,000 vehicles have been recalled. 138,000 are in the US.


 


3. Police in Iowa say a 60-year-old woman has died after a freak accident during a Fourth of July parade. Authorities say two horses became startled then bolted and galloped 4 for several blocks. The horses trampled 5 several people including some small children. Twenty four people were injured, including five critically.


 


4. The cleanup is underway after fireworks celebrations across the country. The First Family hosted service members and others on the South Lawn of the White House, and then watched the fireworks along the National Mall



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。
v.偿还,付还( reimburse的现在分词 )
  • All banking charges outside Korea and reimbursing are for account of beneficiary. 所有韩国以外的用度及偿付行用度由受益人承担。 来自互联网
  • A reimbursing bank's charges are for the account of the issuing bank. 然而,如果费用系由受益人承担,则开证行有责任在信用证和偿付授权书中予以注明。 来自互联网
adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的
  • The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
  • If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷, 顾客有权索赔。
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事
  • Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
  • The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
  • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
  • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
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Acherontia atropos
aequator
agent general
animatism
anthrapyrazole
arrest sb.on a charge of
auto decrement indicator
average fidelity criterion
bloody-mindedly
bulb-rail steel
cage oil press
Castanopsis stellatospina
cell-autonomous differentiation
chazzan
colic arteries
collimating
composite sternpost
consumer calculator
counter diffusion
cricketess
cyclophrenia
delanzos
dissertly
ditch groove
duncer
educative purpose
Edwardsielleae
effective (thermal) efficiency
Elaeocarpus braceanus
engineer's alarm panel
exchange area facilities
extrema
fart
finds herself
flagged rate
fly in the sky
for the master
forward high-pressure air manifold
four level material
four wheeler
functor Tor
gene-rich
genotropicsubstance
governmenty
have a conference with
hop-picking
hybrid ring
ice wedge
incloser
kapolites
killens
laminae of cricoid cartilage
leonardo da vincis
lieutenaunt
lift platform trolley
look to the future
Los Arroyos
male berries
manifold valve
Martell
master well
mat coating
Mbemba
megalourethra
memory fragmentation
milk scall
milli-coulombs
montesinos
moosehead
motorcycle
MRAMs
multiple engine build-up list (mebul)
non-ALU operation
nosepicker
orycteropodids
paludal forest
pannic acid
parosonsite
pizzazzier
potasium fertilizer?
potassium pyrophosphate
progressive sand waves
pulse hand magnet
quadri-
Ramādī, Saddat ar
Rockefeller,Nelson Aldrich
save points
sea surface microlayer
servicing area
shield inert gas metal orc welding
spiral sash balance
strata reticulatum
sweetpotato
tear type
Teratak
therapeutic evaluation
tunnel dale
twin-plate triode
ursodeoxycholate
USNHO
vernier slide callipers
workshyness