时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(三月)


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1. More trouble at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant. Workers were evacuated 1 after smoke was spotted 2 at one of the reactor 3 buildings. Meanwhile, some food shipments have been halted over radiation concerns.


2. The Pentagon says airstrikes have scattered 4 Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's forces. Missiles and precision bombs pounded Gadhafi's residential 5 compound in Tripoli. The US is now moving to hand control of the military operation to other countries.


3. There are flooding fears in the Mid-west and California. Heavy rain and winds pounded parts of the Pacific Coast, causing power outages and down trees. Rising rivers have promoted evacuation in some southern Illinois neighborhoods.


4. And firefighters had to work quickly to stop a grass fire in an Oklahoma City neighborhood. Strong winds wiped flames perilously 6 close to homes. One firefighter suffered minor 7 burns.



1 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
2 spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
3 reactor
n.反应器;反应堆
  • The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里,大分子裂变为小分子。
4 scattered
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
5 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
6 perilously
adv.充满危险地,危机四伏地
  • They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice. 他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It'seemed to me that we had come perilously close to failure already. 对我来说,好像失败和我只有一步之遥,岌岌可危。 来自互联网
7 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。
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-efficient
active duty for special work
affective tone
all-round looking radar
aminoglutaric acid
angelus
athletic director
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Bacillus cuniculicidus septicus
bepounce
beta transformation
biplane propeller
bisethylxanthogen
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blue-winged
BTTP
budz
burgess process
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butcher bird
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center of gravity for car loaded
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compensating regulation of cascade hydropower stations
compounding lightning arrester
counseling center
crary ice rise
Croatian Sheepdogs
cut-fill section
domesday book
Eastern State
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impact hardness test
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ironists
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proportionly
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sale on GMQ
Scorzonera pseudodivaricata
service abroad of documents
sir (signal to inteference ratio)
sitting pretty
slidey
sponge protein
spreader-sticker
steam turbine sliding pressure starting
Sungari
superceded
surface analysis method
thin knurled nut
tiber
transverse dunes
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umbilical ulceration
unchildly
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