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
10base-fp
acania
Acrocomia
adenocarpine
adipoid
annamaria
architectural appearance
armature core disc
average of daily figures
backcross method of breeding
balusterss
Bretschneidera sinensis
burdeners
burmas
cay sandstone
cellular technology
closing
Colorado fir
compensating delay
dacryobolus sudans
directional comparison
discharge liquid
Drasenhofen
echostructure
elliptically symmetric distributions
entomological, entomologic
Eranthis albiflora
ergasia
Every man has his price.
fear the worst
flealike
Foppolo
g-girl
globe body valve
gozeling
greendale
grudgeholders
gyrokinetic
Hell's Half Acre
hybrid technology computer
Hypogastrodidymy
image orientation
induction cooker
internal combrstion turbine
irrigants
Johnsonite
kebara
kronia
Lahaul and Spiti District
leading oarsman
linear image pick-up device
link chains
live braphite
low noise propeller
Luschka's subpharyngeal cartilage
milling product
misdemeanors
monofuel emergency power unit (mepu)
MSAudio
multiple lymphosarcoma
multiprogramming interrupt
mussen
near vision
net weave
ocellar ridge
original equipment manufacturers (oem)
oxygen-releasing compound
P-channel
palsgrave
paspalum dilatatums
peit
periodic ophthalmia virus of horse
plant molecular taxonomy
postanal median groove
primary reference fuel
pro-gressive spinal muscular atrophy infant type
pseudolupus
pulsed sieve plate column
regional employment premium
Ricketts
roll-call polling
sarcoidosis
sele
self-affirmations
sermonizes
side entering type agitator
simplifiedmicrotom
slow motion starter
statutory inspection
t(organ)
temporary parasite
thyrocricotomy
Tortula
trombidoidea
unartfully
undeterminateness
universal function generating unit
unspattered
variable-reluctance step motor
vasilyevich
yeatmanite