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
aceto-acetic acid
actinium compound
Alessano
arrive in great state
baithe
base of field
bow pantograhp collector
break the tether
bulk transfer law
Bygdeträsk
cantharidate
cassio
ceramic shell mould
cidar
clausocalanus pergens
conduct both whole-sale and retail business
cushioning material
dacelo novaeguineae
diastrophic dysplasia
dictations
disoxidation
dott
double row of dots
dust oneself down
earthtrusts
edyta
Essex skipper
Fargesia crassinoda
Fazughli
fire trail
for no apparent reason
Foschlor
geochelone elegans
geyik dag
glenville
haenmatinic acid
have weight with
Hvalbafjφrdhur
impudicity
industrial waste liquid
integration
intermediate mamillary nucleus
iron triangle
Lake Lenore
longer-term market outlook
lybster
maedas
mahlsticks
marine emergency battery
Martinist
message heading
mini-rugby
multiplex extension
Munam
Möng Hai
nerve angina
nose and tail
notoungulates
Oaksterdams
oculocerebrorenal
operating jack
optical memory matrice
orbicular muscle
Paulins Kill R.
Pinus quadrifolia
plasma sputtering equipment
polycarbamate
precision point
quantity of water intake
receive versus payment
ribotyping
royal-oak
sail before the mast
sarandi del yi
Schoenorchis tixieri
shorting piston
shrubbed
sphinxian
starkies
statistical wave forecast
stenophyllism
step out
store adjustment
struvea okamurae
styrene acrylic matt latex paint
syngnathidaes
Sφnder Felding
thrimness
time-evolution operator
tracksuit bottoms
Treng, Beng
tubular filter
unsoundy
violation of signal
Viterbo, Prov. di
Waitaha penguin
warragals
Yanshanian stage
zaller
Zepheads
ZERT
zone of accumulation, zone of illuviation