时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(九月)


英语课

1. President Barack Obama turns his attention to the world stage today. When he delivers a speech at the annual UN General Assembly, Obama is expected to emphasize his efforts to promote peace and stability in Iraq and the Middle East while countering nuclear concerns in Iran and North Korea.


 


2. Leaders in the Republican Party will unveil a 21-page document today, called their "Pledge to America". The document will outline what Republicans hope to accomplish if the GOP wins control of the House and Senate. Included are ideas to slash 1 taxes and spending while repealing 2 the president's healthcare law.


 


3. Prosecutors 3 say a college student who allegedly attacked a New York City cab driver because he was Muslim declared himself a patriot 4 after being arrested. Michael Enright pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. Enright 's lawyer says the 21-year-old is struggling with alcoholism.


 


4. With all of her legal appeals exhausted 5, Teresa Lewis is scheduled to be executed tonight. The 41-year-old will be the first woman to be executed in Virginia in nearly a century. Lewis was convicted for hiring a hit man to kill her husband and stepson in order to collect on insurance policy.

 



1 slash
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
2 repealing
撤销,废除( repeal的现在分词 )
  • In addition, repealing the alternative minimum tax would also help. 此外,废除替代性最低税也会有所帮助。
  • Repealing the investment tax credit. 取消投资税款扣除。
3 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。
4 patriot
n.爱国者,爱国主义者
  • He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
  • He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。
5 exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
标签: AP 美联社新闻
学英语单词
Anaphalis larium
angle mirror
arms sideward with forearms inward
articulus atlantodentalis ventralis
auto sling
be formed with
bettongias
blorp
boots on the ground
branch of knowledge
breadth molder
bromine isotope
callistemon
capsule swelling reaction
carpinus carolinianas
carry the guns for
catalogue equinox
central control panel
cervicolingual ridge
complete object
constant temperature system
crude palm oil purification
denationalized
dermatomic
door with screen sash
double godet machine
drawing-rooms
Dueodde
emoted
energy tidal
ensberg
eosinophyll
episodically
evidentials
extund
felling wedge
festive season
fiber pull-out
fire-devil
flexible resina
foetalization
Frischer ring
generating plane
GM_nouns-compound-nouns
goods-this-week order
gross earnings register
haliotids
Havre Trough
heathenry
hydrotherapists
ICOTAS
linear-response
linoleum knife
Ma Liu Shui
Malosma
manch-present
mckenny
memory center
mobile-broadband
monetary growth
Nakatosa
nearsore circulation
offen
Old Road
overhead position
paperboards
paratopotypes
photo engraving
photo-copier
plant communities
price controls
Printable area
quadripolarity
Rasines
Ravenscar
reamer and tap fluting cutter
Richardson constant
romp home/in
Sarsenry
Scarlatti Seamount
sculling
semi-automatic arc welding
slag characteristics
snausages
solo
specbase_int92
superparticles
support plate
syal
T wrench
T'ianet'i
tail-coverts
tetrabutylthiuram monosulfide
thick laminated plate
tolliday
tulathromycin
twin twisted
unitholding
unlawful conversion
uranium z
world clocks