时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(三)月


英语课

1.President Barack Obama calls his decision to lift restrictions 1 on funding for stem cell research ”a difficult and delicate balance.” The order Obama signed today aims to increase research into cures for paralysis 2 and other ailments 4, though he notes there are no guarantees.


2.An Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in yesterday's church shooting. A pastor 5 was shot through the heart while giving a sermon. Two worshipers and the suspect were injured in a struggle.


3.An accidental explosion at a Pennsylvania kennel 6 has killed 17 dogs, including Martha Stewart's puppy. Stewart says she is “deeply saddened” by the death of her chow known as Ghengis Khan.


4.The classic doll Barbie turns 50 years old today. She was introduced at a toy fair in New York City on March 9th, 1959. Her real name: Miss Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows 7, Wisconsin.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.paralysis: n.


the loss of the ability to move all or part of your body or feel things in it


2.ailment 3: n.


an illness that is not very serious


3.kennel: n.


a place where dogs are kept for breeding or are cared for while their owners are away


4.chow: n.松狮犬


also chow chow,HBA a type of dog with long thick fur that first came from China



约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.麻痹(症);瘫痪(症)
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
n.疾病,小病
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
疾病(尤指慢性病),不适( ailment的名词复数 )
  • His ailments include a mild heart attack and arthritis. 他患有轻度心脏病和关节炎。
  • He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments. 他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。
n.牧师,牧人
  • He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
  • We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师:教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
n.狗舍,狗窝
  • Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
  • Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。
n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木
  • The willows along the river bank look very beautiful. 河岸边的柳树很美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Willows are planted on both sides of the streets. 街道两侧种着柳树。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
agricultural emulsifier No.600
annual allowance
ash colour body
atomic resonance line
bathygadus garretti
cerellatron
cessationist
character display unit
character flaw
combining tee T
crune
decemvirates
decrescendoed
dial phones
dicriminalize
dictyostelids
disarthrosis
dome nut
dominant product
door widely open
drilling platforms
duck gizzard spiced
Eschau
family Liparidae
farysia olivacea
five-tire car
fore-slow
frame drum
genus sclerodermas
Google Alerts
grass-earth
Gross-Hehlen
gutter market
heading axis
heater cathode leakage
helicosporium nematosporum
Hiburi-shima
holder in due corse
instrumental roles
invoice outward
Inzegmir
iwconfig
Jack Pudding
keratolysis neonatorum
Lahmu
lay emphasis up on
liquid-gas distributor
liquor pericardii
locking ring mount
logarithmic unit
Lottigna
lubricating compounds
macrophthalmus serenei
Manari
monoeciously
nafi
native-americans
no bit
nonformalizable
nonprecise
oil supply line
open-cell foam
operating earning rate
over-riding
periblems
pit working line
point-focused electron gun
pointing control
prehepaticus
primary local membr-ance
production break
promulging
Put you in mind
restabilization
rub someone's nose in it
russian monetary units
scopulary organelle
secondin'
selection of stars
sketchball
slimline type
small and medium-sized enterprise
specification statement
stator ring
Suiko
sulphuricacid
supplementarity
tabular
tele-robotics
televisings
toplin
toxophilic
transitological
treble agent
trutch
twibit
uncorporated
USDAW
wassenburg
wicked problems
wild oat grasses
wing-handed