美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-18
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. President Bush defends a post-September 11th secret eavesdropping 2 program in the US, and slams senators blocking renewal 3 of the Patriot 4 Act.
2. Iraqi authorities ease some security measures imposed for this week's parliamentary elections, lifting the driving ban and opening most border crossings.
3. In Hong Kong, security forces use tear gas to scatter 5 hundreds of protestors after they come close to storming into the WTO's meeting venue 6.
4. Bolivians face a polarizing choice in a presidential vote set for Sunday between a leftist coca farmer and a conservative former president.
5. And at the Vatican, an 11-year-old Austrian boy who saved the life of a young relative, lights a towering Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. eavesdrop 1
eavesdrop eavesdrops 7 eavesdropping eavesdropped 8
If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.
The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations.
The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.
VB
= listen in
· eavesdropping
Eavesdropping is a pastime for the nosy 9.
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2. storm
4 storm storms storming stormed
If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry.
After a bit of an argument, he stormed out.
He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was.
VB
= charge
3. venue
venue venues 10
The venue for an event or activity is the place where it will happen.
Birmingham's International Convention Centre is the venue for a three-day arts festival.
Peace talks failed to take place because of a dispute over the venue.
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4. polarize
polarize polarizes polarizing polarized
If something polarizes people or if something polarizes, two separate groups are formed with opposite opinions or positions.
Missile deployment 11 did much to further polarize opinion in Britain.
As the car rental 12 industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies.
The green debate tends to polarise into science-as-saviour versus 13 science-as-devil camps.
V-ERG (BRIT) also polarise
= divide
USA PATRIOT Act (11/14/2003)
Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act. There are significant flaws in the Patriot Act, flaws that threaten your fundamental freedoms by giving the government the power to access to your medical records, tax records, information about the books you buy or borrow without probable cause, and the power to break into your home and conduct secret searches without telling you for weeks, months, or indefinitely.
Some of these flawed provisions are set to expire at the end of the year. But President Bush wants to make them permanent, and the House and Senate have been holding hearings in preparation for votes that are expected in June and July.
- He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
- It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。
- We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
- Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。
- Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
- Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
- He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
- He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。
- You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
- Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。
- The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
- The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
- He eavesdropped on our conversation. 他偷听了我们的谈话。
- He has just eavesdropped two sweethearts. 他刚刚偷听了两个情人的谈话。
- Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
- My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.我的房东很烦人，他每个月都要到我公寓视察两次。
- The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
- Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。