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. One of the holiest Shiite shrines 1 in all of Iraq has been hit by a car bombing. More than 50 people were killed in an explosion in Karbala. Another 70 were wounded.


2. A suicide bomber 2 has killed 22 people at a public meeting in northwestern Pakistan. The country's interior minister was in the room at the time and is among the 35 people who were injured.


3. "Scotty" has been beamed up. The ashes of actor James Doohan who played "Scotty" on "Star Trek 3" were blasted off into space. The ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper were also on board.


4. Quarterback JaMarcus Russell was the first player selected in this year's NFL draft. The LSU alumni faces the daunting 4 task of reviving the Oakland Raiders franchise 5. Wide receiver Calvin Johnson went second to the Detroit Lions.


 


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. blast off: phrase
When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.


2. alumni: n-count
The alumni of a school, college or university are the people who used to be students there.


3. franchise: n-count
A franchise is an authority that is given by an organization to someone, allowing them to take part in an activity which the organization controls.


 



1 shrines
圣地,圣坛,神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 )
  • All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪,并且初步鉴定为神庙。
  • Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。
2 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
3 trek
vi.作长途艰辛的旅行;n.长途艰苦的旅行
  • We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
  • It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。
4 daunting
adj.使人畏缩的
  • They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
  • Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。
5 franchise
n.特许,特权,专营权,特许权
  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
学英语单词
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Alcuescar
all inclusive or clean surplus concept
aurea mediocritas
awakers
Babelegi
beat someone with his own weapon s
blank mould turnover
bocco
causticization reactor
chronic ulcer
coherence factor
company time
comtracted
conjugated system of bonds
cryogenic materials
cryptic colouring
debosh
dibiasio
dunnett's table
elaphoglossum lepidopodum c.chr.
end-to-end session
EODR
excision of skin of nose for rhinophyma
exponential smoothing models
fawning on
gentleboy
gibsonite
global macro fund
goas
gold export and import
Haber process
handstrokes
homogeneous carburizing
hot air damper
infinitely dimensional integral
internal elastic coat
Khebāng
Komatsushima
last transition peak mesial point
launching-pad
lautreamont
likour
lioy
lussacs
mass-circulations
master patent
matallanas
mechanical pulsing
menstruatings
midlife
misform
MYCIF
Môle, Cap du
Nocardia mesenterica
nominal control voltage
nucleophile-assisted unimolecular electrophilicsubstitution
ocean data station
Petrela
phonatome
physical properties
platinum-iridium catalyst
polarized relay contact
polystichum nepalense c.chr
polyvinyl ethyl ether
popstrological
print order
process inks
production-process
psychic homosexuality
radiotelegraphy
Recs
reduction of progressive variability
Sarbamyl
security right in the goods
shortening of chordae tendineae
single reduction helical gears
slot boring
Slovenish
snow plow device
spark-ignition engine
spiroglycol
splashing device
square screw thread
surrosion
tayloristic
Tinderers
training objectives
triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione
under allowance
unpacked format
untrowable
vaccinologist
Valverde, Prov.de
vegetable casein
Vokeo I.
vulcanizing heater
water injection cycle
water reserve
water-flux
watering stock
wet batch