时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)


英语课

1. The Senate has cleared the way for gays to serve openly in the military. A bill to repeal 1 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was approved today in what is being seen as a landmark 2 vote for gay rights. However, it could take up to a year to implement 3 the law.


 


2. A planned military drill that has raised tensions between North and South Korea has been postponed 4 because of bad weather. South Korea is now expected to stage the military drills Monday or Tuesday. North Korea has threatened action if it does.


 


3. American Amanda Knox has scored a victory in her effort to overturn her murder conviction in Italy. The court there says it will allow independent review of crucial DNA 5 evidence. Knox was convicted last year of killing 6 her roommate.


 


4. Kate Middleton has made her first public appearance since announcing her engagement to Prince William. Both attended a cancer charity fundraiser Saturday night in London.



1 repeal
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
2 landmark
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
3 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
4 postponed
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
5 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
6 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。
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学英语单词
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
abyss of time
accelerated deprecistion
age and sex composition
ant-man
apparent admittance
asbestos-covered wire
Auger yield
baronially
barrow-man
bifurcated ligament
blood-sized
brodskis
capping rail
Cell tower
chromoblastomycosis
compound bolster
configuration interactionCI
copper ingot
cornua rhinoceri pallidum
corporate regulation
coupling factor of two circuits
crankshaft ratchet
creatic nausea
deadapt
depressings
Devgarh
discs
double end spark plug wrenches
ferneyhoughs
fibrillated film fibre
filter mask
floridita
ford-
frictional damping
Fridenberg's card
fused grading shield
George Seamount
geriatria
Gettnau
ginger family
give thanks
glow priming hole
groundwater drawdown
heterodyne receivers
heteroepitaxial film
high-voltage electric power system
hlpa
Howe Caverns
Hoya polyneura
Hubal
Hymenolepis diminuta
in one's own worth
interpretive system
kwaai
lipoma of ear
Magnolia conspicua
Methafrome
multiplex cinema
network primary distribution system
noncorotational
not a pennyworth
onion thripss
paid search
perfusion catheter
playground ball
Poleszuk
popularisation
postanal gut
property-linked benefit
proportional distribution
protective service
rachitomous vertebra
re-acquaint
redheaders
rhizoctonia bataticola
ride rate
San Pedro de Arimena
sand-protecting dam
schorrs
schouest
scratting
separation of fragments
severe winter
shape memory
skateathons
slot distribution pipe
south china
spring coupling
stack smashing prevention
straight lining
structural drilling
styrylchromone
The lung-qi should keep pure and descendant
tonicizing
Toratex
unwomaning
vacuum detector
vanillin sugar
venae saphena parva
Venusian surface
Winters, Jonathan