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 bracket
Accelerated-Phase
acicular ice
adminidtrative signal-processing system
Age of Exploration
aging the receivable
alexander garden
anchor prop
aposematic
as comfortable as old shoe
austral pole
bartletts
boring organism
build-up radiation
celsuss
chalcidids
chart of standardization
Chisasibi
clarinet section
clergeon
compress manual page
contributory fault
convert capital into product
cooling loss
cut down price
cut sb down
CV (check valve)
delap
diagnostic tree
Dirac, P.A.M.
do-something
drum ... out of
dubasari (dubossary)
educational administration portal site
electronic guidance
exponent matrix
fault modeling
Fd fragment
FD50
ferro-acoustic storage
fluker
follow ... steps
free-field wedge
fungus genera
gasoline selectivity
gives back
grab loader
Guadalupian
guinasso
hemihydranencephaly
horizontal gradient of gravity
hydraulic monitor
I. P. P.
ill-kempt
Latin grammar school
ligamenta rhomboidale
long-range effect
low energy environment
mainardi
marvail
maximum stress
metalloscope
monumentation
more ambitious
multilateral and bilateral programme
mushroom cam
naphsultam acid
nonan
Novomikhaylovka
object-based language
parthenogenetic generation
phantom tumor
polar granule
precoutionary demand for money
programmed turn
puppet-playing
refractive error of the eye
second subject
shaka
shuttle pallet
sigh of relief
square-wave response characteristic
star point
statufied
stimoceiver
styczynski
supraorbital fontanel
tackle sb over a matter
the middle age
Tolavad
transgression speed
tuning sensitivity
Turbina
Tuscan red
twirl-
two hundred and two
Udlice
unconfined mixture
varki
vertical column
wire industry
wohltats