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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able whackets
access key organization
aerometric measurement
altispinax
ametryn
amidopyrine test
anion-exchange chromatography
antitubercular drug
automatic logistrip
black root of tobacco
body-packer
brinkwood
calostoma raveneliis
cardinal spider
charered ship
chia ling p'in
Chignecto Isthmus
Claudius' fossae
CMESA
dazzle lamp
dies non juridicus
drilling cutings
dynamic stability index
enithares sinica
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
external transmit clock
forbidden zone of cloud formation
fresh water arrival draft
fusariella formosana
gelidiella acerosa
gingival col
glueily
ground-statest
heliometers
high brightness slide projector
horsemarket
Höskuldsstadhir
in pup
instantaneous reaction
integral square error approximation
itinerant merchant
Khunzakhskiy Rayon
kristol
lebovitz
Lendl
liquid-solid quilibrium
m. triceps sur?
mealy bug
meta-theoretical analysis
mortgageless
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
multieffect evaporator
near-end operated terminal
network teletype
NIHF
nonsurety
nozzle block
off axis parabolic mirror
organocadmium
Oswe
overstien
parallel misalignment
Peacock Pt.
peat deposit
pendant-type air hoist
philine otukai
pinlock
point of self-oscillation
pontopeduncular
preterga
prism cruising
PyNPase
raft of pontoons
Rami spinales
real data type
realtionships
reasonedly
ring translator
rondnesse
rotary aircraft
sacral vertebras
Sapindaceidites
strategises
target signature
therocephalian
thiaminase
tmpf
tolmond
total receipt
transoceanic communication
tribromo-dichloroethane
Tsukisamu
turn ... in
tutoyers
undeclining
USTV
water-to-steam ratio
white topaz
William Hogarth
wing-case
work sheet method
Zeissel's layer