时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(八月)


英语课

1. Hundreds of people on both sides of a controversy 1 over a proposed mosque 2 and community center near Zero Ground rallied Sunday. A crowd of demonstrators against the project stood behind police barricades 3 three blocks from the World Trade Center site. Nearby, several hundred people who support the mosque chanted “Muslims are welcome here!” to say no to racist 4 fear.


 


2. A huge fire burned in an abandoned industrial complex in Boston. No one was hurt in the blaze, which firefighters said is bigger than any they’d seen in 20 to 30 years. A hundred and sixty firefighters fought the flames.


 


3. Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean says he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet. He'll send a lawyer to a Haitian court to appeal a decision rejecting his candidacy. The court ruled him ineligible 5 Friday night.


 


4. A hundred fifty women wore wedding dresses to help raise money for a sick five-year-old boy. The event is held each year in Poland, this year help the boy with epilepsy, autism, and heart and kidney defects.

 



1 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
2 mosque
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
3 barricades
路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )
  • The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
  • Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。
4 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
5 ineligible
adj.无资格的,不适当的
  • The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.新规定使另外数千人不符合接受法律援助的资格。
  • The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.这个国家已被宣布没有资格获得世界银行的贷款。
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