时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(十一月)


英语课

 1. Former CIA Director David Petraeus' extra-marital affair will be the subject of meetings between Congressional and Intelligence community leaders. Petraeus was supposed to testify this week about the attack on the US consulate 1 in Benghazi, Libya. But he resigned because of the affair on Friday.


 
 
 
2. The Israeli military says it has scored direct hits on targets in Syria after responding to stray mortar 2 fire. It's believed the mortars 3 are coming from fighting in Syria's civil war. Israel says the shells do not appear to be aimed at Israeli targets.
 
 
 
3. The puppeteer 4 who performs as Elmo on Sesame Street is taking a leave of absence after allegations that he had relationship with a 16-year-old boy several years ago. Sesame workshop says its investigation 5 found no evidence to back up the charges against the puppeteer.
 
 
 
4. An injured Koala was found with burnt paws and singed 6 furs Monday, following a massive bush fire in Australia. The fire has destroyed about 5000 acres, but no other injuries have been reported. 

n.领事馆
  • The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
  • The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵
  • They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗? 来自教父部分
n.操纵木偶的人,操纵傀儡
  • Mr. Sullivan is a professional puppeteer.沙利文先生是一位专业的木偶戏表演者。
  • One puppeteer controls the doll's head,face,and right hand.一个表演者控制木偶的头部,面部和右手。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
v.浅表烧焦( singe的过去式和过去分词 );(毛发)燎,烧焦尖端[边儿]
  • He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette. 他点烟时把头发给燎了。
  • The cook singed the chicken to remove the fine hairs. 厨师把鸡燎一下,以便去掉细毛。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
a ladies' man
Abū 'Ajāj, Jab.
acute coronary insufficiency
alexandrovich
ALGOL-like bracket
Alimenazine
ambulacral system
apparent
asbestos abatements
at all hours
be mild of manner
be worn to a shadow
bernoulli principle
brownian motion force
cauliflower top
champsodon snyderi
choneroblastoma
cone cup
control valve operating lever
crystal syrup
daily devotional
die-casting
distodorsally
divergenceless
during good behavior
eat sb. out of house and home
elat-
electronic firing circuit
enharmonic key
excretory
face plate thread guard screw
facework
field board
Fluibil
foot bellow
genus epilachnas
graphic texture
grasswrens
grubhouse
half excretion time
Heymans
high-speed storage
hydrophobic bonding
in ... sights
ionizing radiation counting technique
Isma'ili
Julia set
KALKABRINO
kneesy
lapdancers
Laun
macro-observation
mahanes
master's larch larix masteriana rehd. et wils.
methylanthramycin
microprosopus
miscategorisation
mode field diameter
neutron density
new and irradiated fuel (subassembly) store
not hear of
nova-like variable
Organa circumventriculares
partitioning off
perixenitis
photochromogenic mycobacteria
quaffing wine
rattle the big drum about
ready to use spray reagent
regular parabolic arch
Roux's sera
run-out field of bubble
Sand Hills
sannah
selector switches
sharp-edged attack
sharpshoots
Silence is gold
sodicgedrite
sorbo
southeastward
spack attacks
sportively
stellar generator
stenostomy
substantive matter
tectine
termtimes
thiethylperazine dimaleate
toast water
trigger detection
truing of grinding wheel
Turkwel
ultraracism
ultraviolet and visible detector
umts
unsymmertrical
vertical convergence distance
voltage-controlled phase shifter
weddinggoers
winding volume