时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1. Sunni Arab and secular 1 groups refuse to open discussions with the Shiite religious bloc 2 leading in Iraq's parliamentary elections until contested results are reviewed.

2. Residents go through the wrecked 3 after wildfires sweep through 20,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma destroying more than 100 homes and killing 4 5 people.

3. Accused Nazi 5 concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk loses another round in court, bringing him a step closer to being deported 6 from the United States.

4. A Palestinian suicide bomber 7 trying to enter Israel blowes himself up at a West Bank checkpoint killing an Israeli soldier and 2 other Palestinians.

5. With New Year's Eve just 2 days away, workers put the finishing touches to the crystal ball that will drop in New York's Times Square at midnight the 31st.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. secular
secular
You use secular to describe things that have no connection with religion.
He spoke 8 about preserving the country as a secular state.
...secular and religious education.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
* religious

2. concentration camp
concentration camp concentration camps
A concentration camp is a prison in which large numbers of ordinary people are kept in very bad conditions, usually during a war.
N-COUNT



1 secular
n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
2 bloc
n.集团;联盟
  • A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
  • There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
3 wrecked
adj.失事的,遇难的
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 Nazi
n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的
  • They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻,并出面求和。
  • Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
6 deported
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止
  • They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格,将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
8 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
学英语单词
'lectric
a-c plane
actual flow of resources
acute obstruction of upper respiratory tract
all brass valve
anti-fouling paint for wooden boat
archiepiscopacies
Ardipithecus
artificial somnambulism
at retail
atomic radiation source
bat guano
brown-headed cowbird
busche
butter cream
characteristic curve method of water drive
chartreusin
chest deformity
clearing house agent
cobalt disk
Coinsurance Effect
complete set of direction
cue balls
de mobbing
diagonal division
discuss ible
Dub.
early-dry mortar strength test
ectophloic concentric vascular bundle
Efferalgan
eighteenfold
El Al
epipremum elegans engl.
estrus diagnosis
etacepride
fingerguards
force interrupt
fracture of capitellum
franseria
Frechet
fuel fine filter
gallowed
Gavar
Gengou-Moreschi phenomenon
geometricity
Gjelsvik
gradient start
graphic variable
heart-rending
hyperbolical wheel drive
input keyboard
intesting
keratinized cells
kiosk substation
kneetop
kuometers
lead-in clamp
lobi inferior
lysines
Lérida, Prov.de
mimic function
Ngome
non-reversible reaction
orbiton
parameswaran
peck (pk)
penicillin G procaine
perichondrial
photosynthetic zone
pollution-free
postclinic
potential pass receiver
process-server
read-in data
recording sound head
research institute of economy
restauranteer
rolling blackouts
roofing pitch
rotary distributor
Sabine equation
schwedt
self adjoint
silkworm biochemistry
smogout
sphaeralcea fasciculatas
sphere-packing exponent function
subbase mounting
tag-line
textual conventions
The tongue of idle persons is never idle.
thermal burn
thick target model
traditional marriage
trick banner
tropical tropopause
Vyshnevolotskaya Gryada
work calories
work wonder
yeehawing
yellowlegs
younker