时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


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London skyline on Monday, many of its landmarks 1 capped in snow. Forecasters said it was the heaviest snowfall for six years, and strongly advised people to stay home.


 


Motorists faced a uphill struggle. Others using public transport  found the entire London bus system closed and many train services cancelled. Those that did make it into the capital faced a long walk to the office.


 


'Well, it was really a bit of a challenge 2. I had to walk three miles to the station, but then I was lucky that there was a train waiting in the station, so I got on there, for it was stuck there for about ten minutes, but three quarters of an hour later, I was at Farringdon, and now I've got about a half-hour walk to the office.'


 


Some thought it as a good excuse not to go to work.


 


"I think it's great. I don’t want to be in the office."


 


"It's inconvenient 3."


 


That's probably what Chinese Premier 4 Wen Jiabao thought as he arrived in London for talks with Gordon Brown. The two leaders managed to breeze 5 smile to camera before disappearing behind the door of No. 10.


 


The UK is experiencing the coldest winter for 13 years, with temperatures said to fall further over the next few weeks.


 


Hayley Platt , Reuters.


 



1 landmarks
n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 );目标;(标志重要阶段的)里程碑 ~ (in sth);有历史意义的建筑物(或遗址)
  • The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
2 challenge
n.挑战;v.向...挑战
  • The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
  • She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。
3 inconvenient
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
  • You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
  • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗?
4 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
5 breeze
n.微风;轻而易举的事;vi.来去匆匆,急速走
  • A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
  • The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。
学英语单词
'splainin'
Abies faxoniana
Adrianopolis
ammonia process
arm-wrestler
artificial infrared source
baulk colours
be laid off
bear cub
bid costs
binge drinking
bonded cotton fabric
borzu
Changjiang-Huaihe shear line
Chepil
Ciarraighe
coenosium
completely linear metric space
Cyclolaudnone
dark fluid
doubletracking
enfolding
eucalypti
fling discretion to the winds
flotation selective
forced action mixer
fuel barrier
gathering rosebuds
general baptists
Gilliam's operation
goddish
gradishar
granite sand
grueller
hand in hand
heat labile
heelies
hettie
honeycomb-lung
Inhǔng-gun
JIC
kasuga jinja (japan)
kick pad
lathyrum hirsativa
lighter capacity
line support processor system
long-haul communication
low temperature solidification coating
main soil type
marmalade bush
mean repair rate
metal-coloured
myrosase
naked authority
Narushige
nordeck
occlusocervical
one-hitter
open to the charge of
outlicked
oxalate poisoning
palm-presser
parthenophbia
Peykan
PGA1
phosphatoptosis
pitch radius
positive dromotropism
post-neonatal mortality rate
pretty-face
primer-oligomerization
proto-ocean
public use
remote shutdown device
residences
retractable soot blower
retrogradingly
revocation of will
rhodophyllus cyanoniger
Romulan
root beer
scarcened
selling at less than cost
septemvirs
sideral
Sirolo
siw
solid emulsion
sowner
spectrum softing
steering-column support
synchronous graphics random access memory
Thiron-Gardais
three-dimensional programming
Tozanlι
track circuit territory
translucent enamel
UAU
unlawful search of the person
Vel'ké Kapušany
Vidar
wing-vein