时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(六月)


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1. A jury has convicted the former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of nearly all the corruption 1 charges against him that includes trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old senate seat. The jurors delivered their verdicts after deliberating for nine days.


2. National Guard spokesman says there are definite signs that the Souris River floodwaters are slowly receding 2. He says it’s a waiting game for the water to recede 3 behind the levees in the North Dakota city of Minot. Meantime the focus is shifting to community downstream.


3. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief are now wanted men. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the three on charges of crime against humanity.


4. And video game makers 4 and sellers are celebrating. The Supreme 5 Court has overturned California's ban on the sale or rental 6 of violent games to children. Industry groups argued video games should have the same protection as books, movies and music.



1 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
2 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
3 recede
vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进
  • The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。
  • He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。
4 makers
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
6 rental
n.租赁,出租,出租业
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
  • We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
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additive colour mixing
Advanced Research Project Agency
alochronic species
amiras
ammonium thiocyanide
anion-exchange
anterior pharynx
anvil dross
as far as know
atergatis dilatatus
autunites
back seam
basic loss
beam and slab construction
Carter, James Earl, Jr.
chalazes
charina trivirgata
Chigubo
ciclamicin
composite slab
contradicting
cottontops
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customer
dimethylaminobenzophenone
dome pit
drag away
dry hot wind
elastic loop dynamometer
Evans, Sir Arthur John
explosive separation
extraneous electricity
fixing by landmark
fourmile
Foxburg
geotricum candidium
Glenore
goldenflame
gregarous
gulars
Hartley Row
hirsutest
hour index
indents
inegalitarianisms
inflexibly
Kambang
kerb parking space
khatak
krestena (selinous)
Lampard, Frank
Liberal Party of Australia
liodrosophila globosa
low-expansion foam fire extinguishing system in machinery space
Macambira
Mapaya
maskants
Merlins
Middendorfa, Mys
mugs' games
nanoreactors
need to do
nommed
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pentasulfide
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powder prepreg
preliminary adjustment
put options
Queen's Pipe
quick-diving tank
radiation measuring assembly
radio education
raked gear hob
risqu
rotgut
routine tester
rudder positiont
s cube
samarium nitrate
shrew moles
single phase three limb core
steering control mechanism with adjustable steering wheel
stirket
suburb passenger ticket
supercommuter
SWESSAR (Stone and Webster Standard Safety Analysis Report)
synergistic coagulation
T.O.W.
tandy radio shack
temperature index
tie rod ball nut
transmit beamforming
trichodragma
tynsel
uredo caricis-alopecuroides
varitone
voltage on line side
Waltham Abbey
Warburg's coenzyme
wet disintegrator