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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abrasivity
advanced neurotic endemic selenosis
air bottle with steady pressure
asthma of cold type
attenuations
Atumin
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auxiliary power unit (apu)
babbit lining
bay cherry
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blue bonnets
button bomb
cachexia virginum
cecftis
Champigne
cheverel
colo(u)r-luminosity array
comarcas
continuous stirred tank reactor(CSTR)
dechloridation
decision making system
dey-house
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dissipance
dolby stereo digital
double altitude
electric pressure ga(u)ge
engine control room control console
epibranchial
exhaust by pass valve
explosive supplementary charges
fatigue breaking
feel in one's bones
foetometry
follicular anomaly
fruit cutting
furnace kiln
geosynclinal cycle
Giacometti, Alberto
gunnell
Gülper See
hair side
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Hypoviridae
idramantone
in an ideal perfect world
inactive aircraft inventory
inic acid
intercontinentally
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Kline test
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Lagodekhis Nakrdzali
laminated thermosetting resin
Le Malzieu-Ville
logic add
Luce, Henry Robinson
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microindentations
Miloslavskiy Rayon
MUFW (make-up feed water)
mustard and cress
naca airfoil
noise audio gram
omnipoint
ornellas
pending decision
phosphatic shale
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phylosophy
plumbite process
polyoicous
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reticuloperithelium
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senior software engineer
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sevenths
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WinMobile
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