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
a bully is always a coward
Acheson process
active implantable device
adansonine
agro-towns
aigrettes
American Curls
andropause
associative multiplication
Balfour's treatment
bankeresses
be out of balance
bore chip
bursae retrohyoidea
check fit-up
chemical wood
classification of sand dune
cobalt ocher
coelomopores
collar fish tag
congather
connevent
cost and effectiveness trade-off criteria
cymel
deal sb ablow
diaz-balart
dropout pulse
dry-steam drum
Echinochloa
electric pipe cutter
elium
estudiantes
Ethchlorovynol
fast fading margin
Fergusson-Critchley's ataxia
fitted in with
flesh-to-flesh
flue-gas washing
fluid catalytic cracking
formycins
free gum margin
genus Tulostoma
glencoes
gunny sacks
hemangioma simplex
horizontal point of tunnel portal
it makes no difference to
Kensico Res.
label-sewing machine
line of striction
long stalked pear
longpig
machover
man(o)euv(e)rability
mass crystallization
matrix hardness
mechanical floatation cell
melt up
midiboard
mimashi (japan)
monaural cue
monofilament thread
neighborhood grammar
netherverses
neuropathologists
overlapping strake
ozws
Perchloromethyl
pick sb.'s brains
pneumatically-sensed
pulmonary sporotrichosis
range of points
rawkiness
retrotonsillar abscess
sailing fishing vessel
saltlikest
sealed contact
small-drop reaction
spiewak
Spirits B.
spot-lamp
submarine medicine
super giant
svoboda
sxs-s
tetracarp
textiles and after treatment
thermosonimetry
three ton truck
Tilia henryana
totally bounded distribution
tracing out
track haulage
transpressional
tread upon eggs
Trifurcatoceras
triple-jumper
ukulelist
unlessened
urinations
watch committee
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