时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课

1. A federal judge seems reluctant to investigate the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, while the Justice Department is looking into the matter. The Administration wants the court to back off, while others say it may be the only place for an impartial 1 inquiry 2.


2. Barry Bonds is fighting to keep his law team intact. He was in court today as prosecutors 3 questioned whether his attorneys have a potential conflict of interest. The lawyers had earlier represented two potential witnesses in a perjury 4 case that's linked to his alleged 5 steroid use.


3. The Transportation Security Administration is getting very little love from travellers this holiday season. A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows that travellers have so many complaints about the airport screening process that they actually rate the IRS higher than the TSA.


4. Any Martians out there may want to be on the lookout 6. Astronomers 7 say an asteroid 8 hurtling through space may be on a collision course with the red planet and could strike late next month.



1 impartial
adj.(in,to)公正的,无偏见的
  • He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
  • Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
2 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
4 perjury
n.伪证;伪证罪
  • You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证,你要受罚的。
  • She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
5 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
6 lookout
n.注意,前途,瞭望台
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来,公司的前景可就不妙了。
7 astronomers
n.天文学者,天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )
  • Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪,为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 asteroid
n.小行星;海盘车(动物)
  • Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
  • It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小,但这样的危险还是存在的。
学英语单词
3-phosphoglycerol-N-imidazole
acerotin
advantage-friendship
alarm cut out
anticyclonic circulation
auger diameter
bastinado
battery check
Beta Canis Majoris
bicentralizer of a module
brigade commander
Brodick Castle
Cabingan I.
cactoid
cardiofax
cdcp
central tendon
Classic C
completionrisk
constructive trustee
contraprovectant
cultural intermediaries
cuta-
dalmarnock
damage by other cargo
deep draught vessel light
deliverly
desert community
directory data set
discomposure
disk hinged valve
eigenhead
electroform
electronic work function
enterprise plan
equivalent equations
experimental layout
facient
florence agreement
forge press machines
gardos
gerrich
hudge
hydrogen fluoride alkylation process
incogitability
Indian Standard Time
insinuate yourself into sth
ixodes vespertilionis
jetplanes
juvonen
kessells
kibozer
Kotorosl
Leicester Square
lending institutions
level at the moon
Lindenmayar language with interaction
linguistic approach
lococession
lower esophageal sphincter
maksud
methyl nitrite
Mukutawa R.
multistage rocket
mute of malice
mutual conspiracy
navpress
neuroparenchyma
new guard
New Zealand hemp seed
night shade family
normal polyester resin
nuclear reaction equation
officiating
Onward, Christian Soldiers
over-process
parfacies
petrochina
prismatoolithids
RAC (random access control)
regulation of voltage phase
roomth
rubber pinch tip
salic mineral
screw softening machine
scutation
soul-body
steering gear box
steering selector switch
suggestive of
tablet pen
test of mongolian and tibetan language
thomble
tight-head
trillin
UNIX shell account
uphole shooting
ventricule
water circulation system
wests by north
wetting-out rate
Yale