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
Abu Bakar
acid resisting concrete
acid-phosphatase
acte gratuit
alternating accumulator
amidophosphoribosyltransferase
angle variable
anodes
aquo-cytobion
associated physical address
bear malice to
Blake's hydraulic radius
BLDSC
blepharophimoses
bureaucratically
Cambrians
capstan headed screw
carbon dioxide corrosion
chigetais
chooranilam
closing of the circuit
common-law defenses
complexifications
copper-bearing pyritic-deposit
core pressure loss
depending on the condition of the soil
diffusive infection
dysaemic
early stages
emilia coccineas
Euler's numbers
false alumroots
family Violaceae
firing danger area buoy
fried beef curry
fully developed flow
general-purpose operating system executive
gms (geostationary meteorolgical satellite)
good price
harmonic constant
hemi-brachy-pinacoid
hereout
hidden behind
hilara melanichira
ion-molecular reaction
IR-S
keracare
killer ship
ksp
laburnine
lapis
lead up the ball
license server
Londonesque
loutlike
mecloqualone
mela-quartz-norite
Meringur
Mintie moment
multi-stage fan
Mysore cardamom
navigator watch
network motif
nikaya
offcamera
orn
pact for protection of accidents
parkouring
peat gauze
Persian
phaseoloides
plated ring
plowwright
pogany
post-cards
potassium sulfocuprate
Prioksko-Terrasnyy Zapovednik
pronounce judgement at court
psychic trait
radiation-damage dating
recurrent sensitivity
reticulin fibre staining
river-mouths
rubrice
rumble level
Ry.
sallah
sans nombre
single-premium
speaking key
strong aqua ammonia
summing up evidence
Taraktogenos kurzii
tessellated soil
test score
tiberias, lake
to order of shipper
to the last man
tomato cans
ungrounded system
Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis
woohs