时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)


英语课

1. Senior White House officials are pinning blame for the attempted Times Square car bombing on the Pakistani Taliban. Attorney General Eric Holder 1 says new evidence shows that Pakistani militants 2 were intimately involved in the plot, planning it and probably financing it.


2. Crews in the Gulf 3 of Mexico are considering a new method for sealing the leaking oil well. BP tells the Associated Press that no decisions have been made, but the company is considering several options. One involves shooting mud and concrete directly into the well's blowout preventer.


3. Rescue workers are scrambling 4 to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest underground coal mine. That's after officials say two explosions killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more.


4. Tiger Woods has withdrawn 5 from the Players Championship with an injury. Woods says he's been playing with a bad neck for about a month, and he's worried it might be a bulging 6 disk.

 



1 holder
n.持有者,占有者;(台,架等)支持物
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
2 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
3 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
4 scrambling
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发,冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 withdrawn
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
6 bulging
膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱
  • Her pockets were bulging with presents. 她的口袋里装满了礼物。
  • Conscious of the bulging red folder, Nim told her,"Ask if it's important." 尼姆想到那个鼓鼓囊囊的红色文件夹便告诉她:“问问是不是重要的事。”
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