时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)


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Forecasters warn conditions will remain volatile 1 in southern California as a powerful storm slams into the region. The 4th Pacific storm in a week has led to street flooding, snarl 2 roadways and cancel flights. States of emergency have been declared in 5 California counties. 


More aftershocks are again sending Haitians into the streets. Dozens of aftershocks have been felt in Port-au-Prince since the 7.0-magnitude quake devastated 3 the city Jan. 12th. The U.S. Geological Survey says all of the aftershocks have been 4.5 magnitude or stronger.


A judge in Los Angeles will hear arguments today to determine if Roman Polanski could be sentenced in absentia for his decades-old sex case. The film director is currently under house arrest in Switzerland. Prosecutors 4 are insisting that Polanski appear in L.A. courtroom. 


Conan O’Brien’s run as the Tonight Show host ends tonight. O’Brien and NBC reached a buyout deal yesterday. It will pay O’Brien and his staff $45 mil. Jay Leno will leave his 10 p.m. show and return as the Tonight Show host after the Olympics

 



1 volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
2 snarl
v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮
  • At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
  • The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。
3 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
4 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。
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accounting for estate income
Alexandrianism
Allium dentigerum
amensaet thoro
asarum satsumense
assignment of marketing right
astern towing
barrage jammer
bromogorgoic acid
capacity to combat natural adversities
cationic grafting
clapperclawed
co-tensor
cold damn
cold-room test
comparison measuring instrument
continentality
Corethrinae
crack opening displacement (cod)
Decreten
delegate sb to do
drynursed
Dzhardzhan
economic measurement
embryophytic
enzyme classification
family tineidaes
feeding rack
flatwound
flesh weight
Gembong
generalized induction
germicide trap
grenade thrower
heart scraper
Hell Creek Formation
hogcote
hydrostatic drive tractor
incorporated broker
jelly drink
kingist
lacune
landing ship dock (lsd)
letter bond
lever movement
life masks
light heavy theory
lintopride
long range accuracy system
loynd
lupus papillomatosus
LVSTI
messboy
money's-worth
natural phenomenon
neuroesthetics
noise-suppression equipment
on-board refueling vapor recovery device
One's sun is set.
oniscids
Pailāni
particle-accelerator
physiological effective energy
Pidopidon
plain broth
Port Chicago
Prince Charles Strait
production scale cell
pugo
purpura annularis telangiectodes
puyas
rag-doll tester
readmes
retention toxicosis
Rhodiola likiangensis
sacrificial anode material
sealives
Shizhnya
solid zone refining
Stomiatoidei
stone-cold
stormcloud
sub-cortical
substituted amphetamines
supporting subsoil
terbium peroxide
third country national
Thuan Yen
tourist highway
Triarene
tritium breeding
Tushino
uncreepy
upper value
vascular prosthesis
vertical duct
waisted drums
Well of Loneliness
wing-vein
work brittleness
work up