时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十一月)


英语课

1. Holiday travelers are moving smoothly 1 through security checkpoints Thursday before thanksgiving. That’s despite threats of massive protest that could have snarled 2 what is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year.


 


2. The smoke was still smoldering 3 on the South Korean island a day after it was shelled by North Korea. Two more bodies were found in the debris 4 Wednesday, raising the death toll 5 there to four.


 


3. Thousands of British students have been in the streets of London, protesting against the government’s plans to triple tuition fees at universities. At least two officers were injured as scuffles broke out.


 


4. This Tom has a reason to be thankful. You are looking at the bird that President Barack Obama pardoned, saving it from being a Thanksgiving feast. He actually pardoned two birds in what has become a White House tradition.


 



1 smoothly
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
2 snarled
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
  • The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
  • As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时,它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 smoldering
v.用文火焖烧,熏烧,慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )
  • The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
  • The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句
4 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。
5 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
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accelerating germination
acceptor impurities
accounting for agency and branch
aestheticized
air separation tank
Anemone cylindrica
antenodals
antliate
Ashap
Aussie battler
australian-born
Ban Houaynam
belita
blooming-mill
botetes
build down proposal
Camellia atrothea
Canuma
caper-cutting
Carutapera
caytonanthus
cellular system
chromato-disk
commercial pure
concretions
cuauhtmoc
current effective interest rate
denare beach
efonidipine
electropulse engine
embryo initial cell
Eufilicine
evaluation of work and allotment of workpoints
exchange of ideas
exothermic phenomena
floating action
forecast map
four fifths
fractional breeding gain
Gan I.
genus agdestiss
giuliani
Glazova, Zaliv
gyroscopic matrix
has one
honey bells
hookin
hosiery classification
Huejuquilla
ignition unit
immunomanipulation
in processing review
induction tensor
INPADOC Data Base
insurde
intermediate voltage power station
isopropyl halide
jasperizing
Korsogasteridae
machine with inherent self-excitation
mature source rock
medium longitudinal plane of tractor
mobility rate table
Mogincual, R.
motion of ship
mouse sensitivity
Mékouma
natural block
nonnormal group
out-of-step operation
overcompensated
parasitical conjunctivitis
peapod
percentum
Perlat i Epërm
portable mine luminaire
posterior gastric artery
pot au feu
potassium sulphite poisoning
printed tape
Pākaur
quiltlike
raise a bogey
reclaimment
restituting
reverse conducting diode thyristor
rip panel
safety in utilizing electric energy
shaft revolution
spare cycles
superromantic
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temperature scattering
test dosing
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valuation at market
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vanikoro solida
wentzel kramers brillouin method
white sand proving ground
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