时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


英语课

Britney Spears is kicking off her first tour in five years promoting her latest hit album Circus before an adoring hometown audience with jugglers, acrobats 1, rings of flame and lip syncing(1). The pop star is in the process of a major comeback after a high-profile meltdown that included stints 2 in psychiatric care, an ugly divorce, shaving her head and partying without panties. The Circus-theme tour makes stops in 44 cities.


 


U2 just released its first album since 2004 this week. But the Irish rock band is already planning a quickie follow-up next year. Lead singer Bono says the new disc will be called Songs of Ascent 3 and will be more mellow 4 than the current album.


 


Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are reportedly said to perform together at a charity concert next month. Sir Paul will headline the event that will take place at Radio City Music Hall.


 


Horror flick 5 fans will get a chance to own the score(2) to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Psycho. The 20-page document is being auctioned 6 later this month and includes the shrieking 7 violin notes to the film's famous shower scene.


 


In Los Angeles, I'm John Russell for Reuters.


 



1 acrobats
n.杂技演员( acrobat的名词复数 );立场观点善变的人,主张、政见等变化无常的人
  • I was always fascinated by the acrobats at the circus. 我总是着迷于马戏团里的杂技演员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The acrobats' performance drew forth applause from the audience. 杂技演员的表演博得了观众的掌声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 stints
n.定额工作( stint的名词复数 );定量;限额;慷慨地做某事
  • He stints himself in [of] sleep. 他节制睡眠。 来自辞典例句
  • She never stints herself of money to buy books for her children. 她从不吝惜掏钱让子女们买书。 来自互联网
3 ascent
n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高
  • His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
  • Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮,电梯开始缓慢上升。
4 mellow
adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.变柔和;(使)成熟
  • These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节,苹果就熟透了。
  • The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时,色彩变得柔和了。
5 flick
n.快速的轻打,轻打声,弹开;v.轻弹,轻轻拂去,忽然摇动
  • He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
  • By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下,将马头上的苍蝇驱走。
6 auctioned
v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )
  • It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉,心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 shrieking
v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 )
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were all shrieking with laughter. 他们都发出了尖锐的笑声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
Aarle
air conditioning bay
androgenemia
angle of balance
anthrac-
antiknock quality
aquel
Arcus posterior
arrear of stock
aviation examination room
Avicula
Ayrshire(cattle)
bird watching marathon
brinells machine
britannique
canvas spreader stow net
censura
center opening
cicutene
cinnamylcocaine
ckw.
cold twisting
conorfone
council-board
creep-fatigue crack
cyclencephalic monster
dating with carbon-14
deciwebers
deliver an address
Dunant
dwelling upon
editus
elastic after deformation
euplote
Everest, Mt.
expansion type calibration system
fibrous net
flocculent sludge
Frick dosimeter
Fronhofen
gastronesteostomy
genus escherichias
grating image
hair artist
handy-size carrier
hernia testis
hydropyrolyses
in-process storage
inconsistent problem
ivory palm
jipping
JUNGBLUTH
long term lease
macrocephalicus
maltosazone
marine waste oil incinerator
massive retaliation
mineral constituents
mold inhibitor
naturallooking
neurofibrillae
orientating reflex
osteomyelitis of coronoid process
overdubber
oxygen bottom blown converter steel making
pain of eye
parasitic leakage
penny packets
pentonvilles
piecemeal replacement of major units
Pirozpur
pisseth
political argument
power-factor controller
profile coordinate plane
protein salt
pulse width modulation (pwm)
ribbed brake drum
sentence constituent
shock(-wave) tube
side pick
Silene ningxiaensis
Silk Hope
Sinorthis
six-year high school
special kind of commodity economy
Spondias axillaris
swinging earth
tarasiewicz
temperature effect
temperature exponent
ternary scale
touch-down dispersion
transport station header
trashbin
tumble about one's ears
unforgivingly
vasoactive lung polypeptide
w.ts
webscale
yoon
zivia