美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-24
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. In Iraq, Defense 1 Secretary Rumsfeld announces the first of what's likely to be a series of reductions in US troop levels there in the coming year.
2. Protesters gather across Iraq to denounce the recent parliamentary elections, calling them rigged in favor of the country's main religious Shiite coalition 2.
3. Subways and buses rumble 3 back to life in New York City for the first time since a three-day strike shut down the nation's largest mass transit 4 system.
4. In South Korea, a stem-cell researcher quits his university post amid accusations 5 he fabricated research that had raised hopes of new cures for diseases.
5. And Muslims during Friday prayers in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh Province, remember those killed in the disaster a year ago next week.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rigged
adj.作弊的, 非法操纵的
2. rumble
rumble
rumble rumbles 6 rumbling 7 rumbled 8
If a vehicle rumbles somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.
A bus rumbled along the road at the top of the path.
A line of tractors rumbled onto the motorway 9 through a cordon 10 of police.
The air reeked 11 of kerosene 12 and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.
3. fabricate
vt.制作, 构成, 捏造, 伪造, 虚构
1 to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone: --The police were accused of fabricating evidence .
2 technical to make or produce goods or equipment: ＝ manufacture
--The discs are expensive to fabricate.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
- We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- If I hear any rumbles I'll let you know. 我要是听到什么风声就告诉你。
- Three blocks away train rumbles by. 三个街区以外，火车隆隆驶过。
- The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。
- Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on. 事情迅速平静下来了，然而，在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声，持续不断。
- Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
- A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph.一个疯狂的司机以每小时110英里的速度在高速公路上逆行飙车35英里。
- Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
- There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。