时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(四月)


英语课

1. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' husband says she's been cleared to attend his shuttle launch on Friday. Mark Kelly revealed the news in an interview with CBS's Katie Couric. Giffords is recovering at a Huston hospital after a shooting rampage that left six people dead.


2. Flights are slowly getting back to normal at the St. Louise Airport after a tornado 1 struck over the weekend. But officials say as many as 2,700 buildings were damaged, and as many as 100 structures are uninhabitable. Thousands of residents and businesses are still without power. And it could be several days before electricity is fully 2 restored.


3. The latest NATO airstrikes in Libya targeted Muarmmar Gadhafi's compound. They destroyed a library building and damaged a reception hall, but it's unclear whether Gadhafi was anywhere near at the time. The Libyan government says four people had minor 3 injuries.


4. And the residents of the Buenos Aires Zoo got some Easter treats. The lions and a popular bear munched 4 on Easter eggs that had some of their favorite foods hidden inside. Argentinean artists inspired the designs on the eggs.



1 tornado
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
2 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
4 munched
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She munched on an apple. 她在大口啃苹果。
  • The rabbit munched on the fresh carrots. 兔子咯吱咯吱地嚼着新鲜胡萝卜。 来自辞典例句
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学英语单词
absorption specturm
Afro-ed
annualar impactor
appendicate
archducate
ash cash
astronomical spectrophotometry
Azodrin
Bad Schandau
barley-brake
BBC4
catalytic halogenation
cell probe model
character device control
chemical association
civic prides
consumer terrorist
control terminal
corpi
corypha cerifera
counterdemonstrators
cut fine
dado rails
dancercise
decide against sb.
dewets
diagonal-slip fault
digital graphic artist
direction of motion
diskette hard hole
double sliding tooth
double-arm spectrometer
echographer
emerald-cut
enstrophy
equivalent dark-current input
febris neuralgica undulans
free exchange of information
get a good account of oneself
gliosome
glochidion hongkongense mull.-arg.
haalands
half-blind
Hawke's Bay
human-machine mix
hypercrinemia
hypersimplexes
inertial reference system (irs)
labor arbitration committee
Laurie Lee
lens dislocation
live carefully
logical necessity
looseness of tooth
luggage office
man of mould
micro-ecology
microjump subroutine
micropause
Microtoena miyiensis
monocerotin
multilayered structure
neghe
neopelex
nicener
nit-lamp
non-metallic gear
noninjector
norarecaidin
parachroia
paradidymitis
performance-based organization
phytocoenosium type
pickeer
piriniversiform
policy wonk
poreblind
psychosensory
qabalah
radar motor-generator room
rating agency
riftia pachyptila
ringwoodite
sailing advice
semaphoretic
sfpcs (spent fuel pit cooling system)
shooting pain
siderosome
sigge
skoverour
sportspersons
status of a legal person
stored response
swimathon
teleprinter character
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
undowed
us ping
vanadium fluoride
web-log
wtmp
yardbirds