时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(二)月


英语课

1. Hillary Clinton says she is heartsick at a motorcycle officer died in a crash this morning while escorting her motorcade. The Democratic Presidential hopeful plans to visit the fallen officier's family. The officier apparently 1 crashed into a concrete barrier near downtown Dallas.


 


2. A snowstorm is moving across the Northeast and it's worse than predicted. Up to ten inches of snow could fall in New York City. It's causing major airport delays and traffic snarls 2. And schools in Ohio and Connecticut closed.


 


3. A Minnesota woman faces charges in connection with a deadly school bus crash. Police say the driver of a van failed to stop at a stop sign Tuesday and slammed into a bus, killing 3 four students. Officials say the woman doesn't have a valid 4 license 5 and may be in the country illegally.


 


4. Our computer keyboard is about to be a thing of the past? Microsoft's Bill Gates predicts in the coming years computer users will interact with computers using speech or touch screens rather than keyboards.


 



1 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
2 snarls
n.(动物的)龇牙低吼( snarl的名词复数 );愤怒叫嚷(声);咆哮(声);疼痛叫声v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的第三人称单数 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
  • I don't know why my hair snarls easily. 我不知道我的头发为什么容易缠结。 来自辞典例句
  • She combed the snarls out of her hair. 她把头发的乱结梳理通。 来自辞典例句
3 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 valid
adj.有确实根据的;有效的;正当的,合法的
  • His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
  • Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗?
5 license
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
学英语单词
Acidiphilium
alcids
ampho(tero)diplopia
Aracena, Embalse de
argon heat exchanger
arteriae anonyma
ass-licking
Barenburg
Benzodent
big momma
biwiste
blacksmiths
Bromus inermis
cheminformatic
clamping chuck
consistency of coefficients of correlation
construction works
conus circumcisus
coppell
cyclic catalytic reforming process
digestible
Dixon of Dock Green
dorsal metacarpal ligaments
earthed distribution system
energy-transfer cycle
family Ustilaginaceae
fire a rule
first flight readiness review
flickering searchlight
floodplain splay
geometry of hyperbolic navigation
graph of data flow dependency
graviperception
gravitational acceleration unit (g)
head of beach
hectostere
heli ski
helicopter-mounted broadcaster
hexagon bit
high pressure steam system
IBZM
insulating materials
isothermal flow
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
keratopathic
knuckle-duster
krushova
kxxx
Lagrangian equations of motion
ligamenta carpi transversum
macrofibres
manufactured gas
manufacturer/ distributor
methoxyadiantifoline
mosie
multispeed drive
mutation genetics
necrosing
Ney's map projection
non-interest-bearing
non-linear friction
nuclear reaction energy
orientation execution code
overconvergence
perceived performance
physarsterol
portable dust sampler
potato poisoning
primary allergen
quene
ras-dependent
ratfuck
reactance blade
research and development project
rogich
root-mean-square deviation
Rumex wallichii
salting-out
sapodilla tree
Schauta's operation
second order servo
sectional pilotage
self as knower
selfing line
service counter
side flow
snurposome
SSD drive
sternoptyx obscura
strannik
sug-gested
super-short
tappet shaft
temperature-pressure test chamber
terms of art
Trikeri, Nisis
tube bomb
varicond
Wenchengia alternifolia
Wisconsin hemp
wounded surgery
yaw velocity