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. Remains 1 found in the Iraqi city Karbala are thought to be from a mass grave from 1991 when Saddam Hussein's regime put down a Shiite uprising in the South.

2. Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally disband their armed wing, effectively ending their thirty-year separatist insurgency 2 one year after the tsunami 3 hit.

3. Rescue workers pull a fifth body from a train wreck 4 two days after it derailed in northern Japan, following reports that more passengers could be trapped inside.

4. Inmates 6 at a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle hold more than two hundred people hostage, demanding the return of their leader from another prison.

5. And it's a mystery in Boise Idaho where hundreds of stuffed animals appeared under the Statehouse's Christmas tree with a card that only reads "Merry Christmas from Santa".

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. disband
disband disbands disbanding disbanded
If someone disbands a group of people, or if the group disbands, it stops operating as a single unit.
All the armed groups will be disbanded.
The rebels were to have fully 7 disbanded by June the tenth.
V-ERG
= break up

2. wing
4 wing wings
A wing of an organization, especially a political organization, is a group within it which has a particular function or particular beliefs.
...the military wing of the African National Congress.
...the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu supp N
= section
See also left-wing, right-wing.

3. inmate 5
inmate inmates
The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there.
N-COUNT

4. statehouse
statehouse statehouses
In the United States, a statehouse is where the governor of a state has his or her offices, and where the state legislature meets.
N-COUNT



1 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
2 insurgency
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
3 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
4 wreck
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难
  • Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
  • No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
5 inmate
n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人
  • I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
  • The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
6 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
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