时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(一)月


英语课

1. Voters in South Carolina are heading to the polls in the state's Democratic primary. Polls show Barack Obama leading thanks to strong support from the state's African-Americans. Obama is hoping to re-establish himself as the co-front-runner for the nomination 1 alongside Hillary Clinton.


2. Las Vegas officials are still trying to figure out what caused a rooftop fire at the Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino. Authorities say they are not sure when the 3000-room hotel will reopen. Officials say security escorted most guests inside overnight to retrieve 2 items they had left behind.


3. An American aid worker had been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Afghanistan. The 49-year-old woman was teaching English and embroidery 3 at a nearby girls' school. She was wearing a burqa when she was taken. Her driver is also missing.


4. German born polar bear cub 4 Flocke, or Snowflake in English, is learning to crawl. Zoo officials say the almost five-week-old cub is in 'excellent condition'. Flocke was taken into care two weeks ago after keepers became concerned her mother was not able to raise her.



1 nomination
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
2 retrieve
vt.重新得到,收回;挽回,补救;检索
  • He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
  • The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
3 embroidery
n.绣花,刺绣;绣制品
  • This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration.这件精美的绣品,使人惊叹不已。
  • This is Jane's first attempt at embroidery.这是简第一次试着绣花。
4 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
Allaben
angioscotoma
animal behavior approach
antisuppressor
aulopus japonicas
Barinophyton
be iffy
beglic
Beziers
blu-tac
bulid
candle trees
capability of
card chase
cast iron solder
climate denialism
clutch at a straw
CMHCsA
color matches
committee on the peaceful uses of radioisotope
contracptive device
critical water content
cross-vote
crustal movements
crystallic
Cupressocrinus
Darrūd, Rūd-e
death-worm
debt due
debug test
discount breakeven point
electron coupling oscillator
endogenous business-cycle theory
epimillerite
escalantes
exocrines
falsealarm
flame ionization chromatograph
flashmob
for anything someone knows
forging-press
future horismos
gonorrheal synovitis
ground loiter
hedge-hyssop
horace manns
hypomobility
industrial schools
inland dune
intensifier booster
iodica purpura
Jaraguari
joypop
maltout
manganese-Autunite
masked diabetes
memorial meeting
milvian
mirror reading
monocarpic plants
multicolumn tariff
Mānākot
nickel bags
optical beams
Outoul
over-voltage device
pizzas
pray-ers
prevaricant
prograde motion
proteocrasis
raddie
rechipped
redhorse
remote control signals selection
ribbon element
shoulders
snow mews
social action programme
solway
special buffering procedure
stable-type gravimeter
submarine delta
Sukhinichskiy Rayon
tac point
Tadoba National Park
tawaif
Tchaikovsky, Peter llyich
ted hughess
throws off
time orientation
torque measuring device
torulus
tractus olfactorius intermediate type
Troxypyrrole
tyeken
unmedicinal
ureteroscopic
us visit
veterinary station
videoscope
Zygomycotina