时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)


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[1] Former Republican vice 1 presidential nominee 2 Sarah Palin rallied with thousands of tea party activists 3 for Nevada Senator Harry 4 Reid. Palin told her fellow conservatives that Reid will have to explain his votes on health care and other issues in his tough battle for reelection. 


 


[2] A Wisconsin man who's been convicted of cooking his ex-girlfriend's dog in an oven will spend the next six years in prison for animal cruelty. Prosecutors 5 say he left the dog cooked at 350 degrees and he left the department to spend time with friends. 


 


[3] South Korean officials say there is no indication that North Korea is responsible for sinking a navy ship near the disputed maritime 6 border. Victims' families say the ship may have been in disrepair and are accusing government officials of a cover-up. Searchers are scouring 7 the waters for more than 40 missing marines. 


 


[4] Millions of people worldwide turned off lights and appliances for an hour on Saturday to celebrate the fourth annual Earth Hour. The gesture highlights environmental concerns and calls for a binding 8 pact 9 to cut greenhouse gas emissions 10.  


 



1 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
3 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
5 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。
6 maritime
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
7 scouring
擦[洗]净,冲刷,洗涤
  • The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
  • This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。
8 binding
有约束力的,有效的,应遵守的
  • The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
  • Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
9 pact
n.合同,条约,公约,协定
  • The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
  • The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
10 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
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学英语单词
a low range of prices
aircraft instrument
anti-pornographies
arancino
awareness message
bills of quantities
bushed bearing
char-a-banc
conioscypha bambusicola
crowded in on
cyanizing
death sentences
debris bag
defiliations
dendrophile
drawn clause
drop something in someone's lap
Early County
electron crack
electrostrictive coupling
family ruscaceaes
Fargesia solida
feeding place
final condition
genetic testing
guide bead
guizards (scotland)
gun steel
half-wild
have command of
hide one's face
honeyfugled
hot bar method
hydrogen system trouble
idomeneos
intercondylar area
keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
kryptomerous (crypotmerons)
layovers
leaf chopper(mulberry)
left margin detect
ligamenta collateralia interdigitalia
loose-leaf accounting book
lumber core construction
lunary
maintenance control system
Maxwellian viewing system
MCTS
meat curing
medium and very high frequency direction-finding station
molding allowance
naevi papillomatosus
Naninne
navigation console
neuropterus
news cast
NOx
nylon 12
Open Host Controller Interface
oppressings
outskiing
overemotive
parties involved
party-lining
Phamacopoeia
plant-wide
Quercus malacotricha
removable discontinuity
Rogationtide
RPTD
scandalised
sidden
silver arsenite
similar projective representations
software trap
solution of difference equation
spheroid colony
squamosity
strip width controller
surface etching
surte
swing on
symphystemonous
talks turkey
temperate rainy climate
thiobacilli
three-way rope position system
thumb impression
Tineola
tires out
title of account
transactivists
umpires'boat
Vanadio-ardennite
variable stage
visible-range monitor
watchers
waveform separation
writing-ups
Wüstenrot
zero-day exploit
zymogram