美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-05
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(三)月
1.A new survey by the Federal Reserve says the economy has gotten even weaker in the last two months, and the outlook for quick recovery is bleak 1. Still the Dow made up some ground today taking back some of what it had lost over the past week.
2.President Barack Obama is approving an order aimed at overhauling 3 what he calls a “broken” government contracting system. He and others are proposing new rules dictating 4 how the government awards contracts for private sector 5 work.
3.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is chastising 6 Israel for destroying Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. She visited the West Bank today and said such action doesn’t promote the peace process.
4.Believe it or not, this man somehow survived this horrendous 7 collision between a truck and a train in Turkey. The truck bed actually swept over him, leaving him only with minor 8 injuries.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
to change a system or method in order to improve it
to tell someone exactly what they must do or how they must behave
to criticize someone severely 11
4.horrendous: adj.
frightening and terrible [= horrific]
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
- 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。
- I had no chance of overhauling him. 我没有赶上他的可能。 来自辞典例句
- Some sites need little alterations but some need total overhauling. 有些网站需要做出细微修改，而有些网站就需要整体改版。 来自互联网
- The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary. 经理在向秘书口授信稿。 来自辞典例句
- Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest. 她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。 来自辞典例句
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- Jo was chastising his teddy bear in the living room. 乔在起居室里严厉地惩罚他的玩具小狗熊。 来自辞典例句
- He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。
- The mining industry in China has a horrendous safety record.中国的煤矿工业具有令人不安的安全记录。
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
- What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？
- My father used to chastise my brothers with whips.父亲过去常以鞭打惩罚我的兄弟。
- Should I applaud my husband or chastise him?我是该称赞还是责罚我的丈夫呢？