时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)


英语课

 


1. A Virginia man is arrested and indicted 1 on charges he planned to bomb Washington subway system, budding with people he believed were al-Qaeda operatives. The FBI says they knew the plan all along, the public never in danger. The 34-year-old is a naturalized citizen born in Pakistan.


 


2. The same storm that blew through the Midwest brings powerful winds to the south, possibly tornados 2. Debris 3 littered the ground in Tennessee, near Charlotte, North Carolina, homes collapsed 4.


 


3. More devastation 5 from the earthquake and tsunami 6 in Indonesia. Aerial inspection 7 revealing the extent of the damage. The disasters killed more than 300 people, many more are missing.


 


4. It took an X-ray to finally nail down what was wrong with this basset hound in Colorado. It turns out Sophie swallowed 31 roofing nails, her rabies tag and siding from the house. $3,500 later, Sophie is feeling much better.

 



1 indicted
控告,起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
2 tornados
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
  • They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
3 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
4 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
5 devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
7 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
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学英语单词
acetylthiocholine
adult stem cell
Annonay
Anoectochilus yungianus
auditory image
baileyana
ballets russes de monte carlo
be slaughtered
below bridge
bride-chamber
brownify
bulb eraser or degausser
but net
carbaborane
circullar morred net
comprehensive physical examination
condensation value
consecutive sequency computer
continuity of behavior
core end plate
coupled wave
Culross
defibrates
demand staging
determinantal
diffuser lip
dimenformon
Dipsocoromorpha
disk library
dispensational
Douglas protractor
electron doublet
elenctic
entertainment center
eocnomic statistics
erratic element
ethnopharmaceutical
exceptation
experimental media
extravolution
fragrans
galeoocorys echinophorella suzumai
galianoes
general-purpose flip-flop
hagiophobia
iglu
importer's entry of goods
in curia
indicated hydrogen
ion back-scattering spectroscopy (ibs)
Johor Lama
Kamskoye Vdkh.
kinnekinic
kithnos (kythnos)
Konotop
kyongsangs
lapidofacies
liquor up
loop algorithm
Mactra
maintenance pack
make-up water dealkalization
Malantouen
mental job
mentigerous
MIS structure
mixer leverman
molecular linkage
moment arm
nationally-recognised
NEUT (neutralizing)
Nieuw-Vennep
no-gos
nonspecific afferent system
not so
ormsbee
parasitic otitis
pig-nose turtles
postpartum examination
prismognathus davidis cheni
psychopathia chirurgicalis
punctiform colonies
radiohydrology
raised point
redus
soccage
sound change
span-wise lift distribution
statement line
supranationality
suskind
tea card
ten-o'clock
to turn down
under frequency operation
under the leadership of
uninsured
uphill work
valvular vegetation
white-heart
Zborov
zircon flour