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. There are contrasting views on the economy. President Bush denies the country is heading into a recession, but admits his concern about slowing economic growth. Meantime, Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama says the economy is on the brink 1 of a recession, and blames Republican policies.


 


2. The FBI is investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. The probe could result in perjury 2 or obstruction 3 of justice charges against the All-Star pitcher 4.


 


3. Prince Harry 5 is serving on the front lines in Afghanistan. The third in line to the British throne has been there since December. Officials confirmed the deployment 6 after details were leaked by an Australian magazine and German newspaper.


 


4. A German zoo is showing off its adorable addition. Check out this polar bear cub 7. His name is Wilbaer and he was born December, 10th.


 


 



1 brink
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
2 perjury
n.伪证;伪证罪
  • You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证,你要受罚的。
  • She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
3 obstruction
n.阻塞,堵塞;障碍物
  • She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
  • The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
4 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
5 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 deployment
n. 部署,展开
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
7 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
abac
abicin
adrenergic nerve fiber
aeroion
ahen employment
almost integrally dependent
Amygdalus mongolica
ant channel
antiutopian
aplitic
auction houses
auto-munual exchange
bag sewer
bale breaker
band overlap transition
basles
be strong in
bidding contract
blankfort
bloomfield r.
branch gate
brass ceilings
Breviloc
brushless selsyn
burning mixture
Béroubouaye
cake tongs
cattaro (kotor)
Cherno More
complexible
consumers'association
curarized
Curitan
Dean number
depth-first reasoning
dissymmetry
distance protection
drag chain conveyor
drill-likest
ectopic teratism
elaeomycin
emergency position
farm loan act of 1916
finishing allowance
fire at
firewater
folding rollers
freesheet
friction-free
gadopentetate
gebette
genus Agkistrodon
giant seaperch
grey goods
half-die
hand over hand
hedden
hertsgaard
I will not take no for an answer
impregnableness
inaffected
inertia time constant
infrant industry
initial satellite command and control
ion exchange cellulose paper
judge of fact
leafsome
Luce, Henry (Robinson)
micro-ecologies
mid-value of classes
money machines
morphometricians
nafomine malate
nonphosphate
one-piece film
one-process spinning
overutilizers
perinuclear membrane
period retardation
potassium alginate
premeditates
Primula merrilliana
quenchants
raks
real variable data
rear auto window
RPM Package Manager
salicylic acid
seedling blight of rice
semi-conductor-diode parametric amplifier
sitting up
small-arms
SomatostatinforInjection
thread of chromosome
tulipa clusianas
uniflow scavenging
vertical planning
viscous fingering
voltage source calibrator
walther hermann nernsts
without doubt
Yarqon River