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 new AP poll of likely voters finds they’re evenly divided on whether President Barack Obama's health care law should be scrubbed or retooled 1. Among likely voters, 36% said they want to revise the law, 37% want the law repealed 2, only 15% said they would leave the new law unchanged.


 


2. The Defense 3 Department has declared that “Don't ask, don't tell” is once again the law of the land. However, DoD has set up a new system the could make it tougher to get fired for being openly gay. Secretary Robert Gates says all firings under the 1993 law must now be decided 4 by one of the four service secretaries in consultation 5 with the military's general counsel.


 


3. Lindsay Lohan is due back in a Beverly Hills courtroom to face a judge, who could send her back to jail. Lohan has to appear in court after failing another drug test. Today will be Lohan's fifth court appearance since May.


 


4. The National League Championship Series is heading back to Philadelphia. The Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants last night, final score, 4-2. However, the Giants still lead the series three games to two. Game six is Saturday. Meantime, game six of the American League Championship Series is set for tonight in Texas.



1 retooled
v.(给…)更换工具, (给…)更换机械设备( retool的过去式和过去分词 );改组,革新
  • The company will be retooled after the incorporation. 合并之后的公司要进行重组。 来自辞典例句
  • Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled. 每次更换产品,就得重新装备机器。 来自辞典例句
2 repealed
撤销,废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The Labour Party repealed the Act. 工党废除了那项法令。
  • The legislature repealed the unpopular Rent Act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。
3 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 consultation
n.咨询;商量;商议;会议
  • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
  • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
标签: AP consultation
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acid disproportionation
acid-base balance
acute simple red cell aplastic anemia
Ajasse
allowable flooding
analysis by synthesis
arbalester
backdooring
basil mints
Bencao Yanyi, Augmented Materia Medica
big-city delinquency problems
Birmasil special alloy
boiler convection tube bank
bold-face type
Butea
carry generation
chemical burn of auricle
chemical mutagen
chestnut coal
continuous cooling rate
continuous pressure operation
controversial issue
copper mt.
curved diagram
Delta Aquarids
deudorix rapaloides
direct-coupled power amplifier tube
disyoke
earth atmospheric optics
electric railroad
encryption technique
ermight
escopet
forced high-elastic deformation
galvanic shock
genetic counselings
ground-plot
hamotzi
have a mind
Hazak
high-ability
hysterical spine
indecomposable channel
johnsonii
keep something in
Kermadec Is.
koupal
leadbellies
Leptasteria
Linea nuchalis superior
LOPAIR
Machito, Cayo
magazine creel
marginal production
millbrook
Mulchatna R.
occlusal guide plane
ocular counterrolling test
offshore well
omnifont reader
oxedrine
passive detector
pavonine
personal financial statement
Petit-Canal
pilwo
pole-vault stand
potential pacemaker
prediction of spontaneous combustion
pulse multiplex coding
quondary
ravels
realsalt
residential care
rubbish bin
sags and crests
seal casinghousing
shostak
shotfiring cable tests
silica-rich
singing propeller
slim-waisted
slough-off
solar flare hazard
Spirillum litorale
sprung out
starter drive
succussions
sulpho-acid
sweatsoaked
tale teller
trackback
trustcards
Tsukumi
twiddle-twaddle
two-point bit
ultra-high-frequency wave
unberried
web grammar
welfare cheater
Yamato Seamount
Zaiwa