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
a.s.a.p
academic council
Adenophora tetraphylia Fisch.
admarcs
adopted out
advanced-level examination
agricultural occupational dermatoses
aimed precision
anniverse
anthropomorph
any Tom, Dick, or Harry
atmospheric pump
avaluative
B-magnitude
border gateway
borehole gravimeter
bustard quails
cartridge microfilm
chick embryo allantoic cavity
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act
Coelogyne nitida
Cololó
coloured body
continuous liquid core
convey electron
coronula diadema
crotched
crystalline temperature
deuter-
diminished radix complement
direct current ring
distribution of daylight factor
domain stability
Duralex
dwarf pocket rats
e-phone
ecological divergence
egeus
elidable
EPTA
extenuative, extenuatory
final finish
flaky mica
forensic anthropology
format object
Gasperini's wheat bouillon
golflike
grypt
halogen leak test(ing)
hang on by the eyebrow
herpes vulvaris
hi-lo-circuit
holodedrism
hossin'
husker
Hypericum pedunculatum
isoelliptone
isoflavones
jamadar
Kemidol
la ricamarie
laminar
lautitious
limited-english-speaking
matricon
naylor spiralarm
normalizability
ondansetrons
pantograph optical projection system
partnership of marriage
phalaenoptilus nuttalliis
pig farming
pivot tooth
power transmission network
prison gang
propulsion data display panel
red iron-oxide
resonance excitation
rotor meter
scientific periodical
semi finish
sequential batch system
sharebone
Sneem
Sogndalsfjord
spectroprojector
spirits and water
straight-line diving attack
strewage
succinctus
tandem engines
temporat
terebinths
terone
throat lash
Tiguent
time code lamp driver
time measurement unit (tmu)
trail along
Veronica incana
Warszawskie, Województwo
Weil pairing