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
abortive typhoid fever
absorbed
acute care services
angle-bisecting plane
ankaflavin
balanced mapping
black racers
blue pole
bubble memory movement
building air contamination
chloroiodoquin
christan
Chwayǒngchǒsuji
Civitella di Romagna
clip with wooden board
cocktail tables
coefficient of regression
common-place
conjunctivally
decocked
deerwester
Derventa
Don Revie
draw back
dust protection mask
dynamics of market price
edera
energy production and consumption
entomologists
expatriate assignment
expiry issue
fatty acid activating enzyme
fetwah
fictitious bill
fixed budget
function binding
garden pea plant
gel chromatography
Gemert
genus symplocarpuss
golden grams
great circle belt
grey absorber
hash stripe
He is still in his fifties
homopentamers
hot shrunk fit
hypoid gearing
inexpressable
ionic surface active agent
iris cells
lung reflex
Miarsenol
miracle berry
molecular pharmacology
multi-parity
munstral
N-acetylhexosamine
nacia
nats dance (burma)
negotiate into
nephrouroradiology
net horsepower
Nibiru
non selective collective automatic operation
object coordinate
old-field
osseous rheumatism
oyster-catchers
perplexitive
pessimism bias
photochromic glasses
pip voltage
plate molding
poop-scoop
praezygapophyses
primary relief
recognized circuit
required supply rate
rhabdovirus group
rindervasopressin
roof-space
rotary shaft fluid bearing
strier
stumbleth
sun-hat
supporting hyperplane method
symbolised
Tarsiidae
termite proof cable
thanatoid
tractor sweep
two-photospectroscopy
under crown wheel
unlocking lever nut
utriculus breviois
viverras
well-placing
work of art
zinalsites