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
6-MT
a faraway look
aerosol artist
backward acting
Ban Hang Nam
banded-iron formation
Ben Donich
benzyl isorhodanide
biquadratic transformation
Bitter type coil
boat bug
broket
cabana maior
campephilus principaliss
capitonids
chemobiokinetics
chromatic equidensity
circulating water and service water
cold-strip steel rolling mill
configuration-space object
conjugate hyperboloid
contacted clad(ding)
control rocket
creaky
crowninshield
Dilcor
dines on
discrete approximation
Doronicum thibetanum
drove chisel
edmund wilsons
egg-shell glaze
end-to-end binding
exchangeable sodium ratio
exonuclear gene
extinction of rights
f-value
ficus elasticas
flyblows
forced emission
foreign exchange insurance
foreign stocks and bonds
forever and forever
fuel drop out
gas-protection goggles
Gentiana sutchuenensis
Glenelg River
gte
guaranty principal
half-caring
have a tile loose
hearos
heat-resistant insulation
height-area curve
himantopuses himantopuses
homelinesses
ignition cartridge
indigo auxiliary
inertial axis system
invalidisms
Johann Strauss
kiloiter
lantiere
loess deposit
Maradonian
meagers
measse
nn. supraclaviculares anteriores
nodule count
optic modulator
oxatollic acid
payment on arrival of shipping document
pertactin
political intelligence
pool side
push-button controlled proportioning
reclaiming line
remote-controllable
Rheum spiciforme
rich-countries
Rufous rubber cup
seam imperfection
shirs
sodium(potassium)pump
spontaneous tumor
starting node
sterilizing installation
Strophinos
sture
submarine exercise area
sweetgale
syv
t-strap
thrombosis
thrust-loss indicator
tonguer
took his turn
trichotomous cyme
tubrcle
uberate
us billion
vertically anchored platform