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. President Barack Obama is trumpeting 1 his efforts to help women in the workforce 2. He's turned to rally key Democratic constituencies ahead of the election. Obama says female business owners have particularly benefited from his administration's efforts to free up lending for small businesses.


 


2. Mexican officials spent a second day burning around 148 tons of marijuana. The drugs were seized Monday. The drugs were doused 3 in gasoline and set alight in a large bonfire.


 


3. Newly-released video shows the rescue of a man who in August fell onto Washington DC's metro 4 rail tracks by another who bounded across two tracks. The rescuer even stepped on the flimsy cover of the electrified 5 and very dangerous third rail.


 


4. A reporter for the Vatican newspaper stands by his story that the family in "The Simpsons" TV show is Catholic. The producer of the long-running animated 6 show says the Simpsons are actually Presby-Lutheran.

 



1 trumpeting
大声说出或宣告(trumpet的现在分词形式)
  • She is always trumpeting her son. 她总是吹嘘她儿子。
  • The wind is trumpeting, a bugle calling to charge! 风在掌号。冲锋号! 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
2 workforce
n.劳动大军,劳动力
  • A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
  • A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。
3 doused
v.浇水在…上( douse的过去式和过去分词 );熄灯[火]
  • The car was doused in petrol and set alight. 这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。
  • He doused the lamp,and we made our way back to the house. 他把灯熄掉,我们就回到屋子里去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 metro
n.地铁;adj.大都市的;(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国,主要经营零售)
  • Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗?
  • The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
5 electrified
v.使电气化( electrify的过去式和过去分词 );使兴奋
  • The railway line was electrified in the 1950s. 这条铁路线在20世纪50年代就实现了电气化。
  • The national railway system has nearly all been electrified. 全国的铁路系统几乎全部实现了电气化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 animated
adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的
  • His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
  • We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
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