美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-22
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Vice 1 President Dick Cheney breaks a Senate tie and the Republican-controlled body passes a measure, cutting federal deficits 2 by nearly $ 40 billion.
2. A witness testifies Saddam Hussein's regime killed and tortured people with electric shocks and ripped off their skin after pouring molten plastic on it.
3. The NTSB says the wing of that seaplane that crashed off Miami had cracks in the main support beam that probably went unseen for a long time.
4. Millions of New Yorkers trudge 3 to work in another bone-chilling commute 4 as (the) transit 5 strike enters its second day , leaving the city without subways and buses.
5. And Santa's gone fishy 6 in Japan. A diver dressed in a festive 7 white and red suit feeds all kinds of aquatic 8 life at a Tokyo aquarium 9.
WORDS IN THE NEWS:
1. rip off
1. 撕掉
2. rip off
rip off rips off; ripping off; ripped off
If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too much money for something or by selling you something that is broken or damaged. (INFORMAL)
The Consumer Federation 10 claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings 11 on interest rates.
Ticket touts 12 ripped off soccer fans to the tune 13 of s138,000 in the FA Cup Final.
2. NTSB
=National Transportation Safety Board 全国运输安全委员会[美]
3. trudge
v.跋涉
to walk with slow heavy steps, especially because you are tired or it is difficult to walk
--We trudged 14 home through the snow.
-- trudge n [singular]
--the long trudge back up the hill
4. bone-chilling
刺骨的
5. commute
a commute is the journey that you make when you commute (used mainly in America)
6. aquatic
1 living or growing in water: --an aquatic plant
2 involving or happening in water: --aquatic sports
7. aquarium
养鱼池, 玻璃缸, 水族馆
n plural aquariums or aquaria
1 a clear glass or plastic container for fish and other water animals:
2 a building where people go to look at fish and other water animals:
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
- It was a hard trudge up the hill.这趟上山是一次艰难的跋涉。
- The trudge through the forest will be tiresome.长途跋涉穿越森林会令人疲惫不堪。
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
- 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。
- It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
- There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。
- It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
- We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
- Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
- We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。
- The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
- I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
- Many vouchers are returned for cash, allowing touts and middle men to make a healthy margin. 许多月饼券都被兑换成现金，这让券贩子和中间商赚取了不蜚的利润。 来自互联网
- Spotting prey, the customary crowd of hustlers and touts swarmed around, jostling for my business. 照例有大群的拉客黄牛在寻觅猎物，他们争相过来抢我的生意。 来自互联网