时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(二)月


美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-02-28 - 英语课
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  1. 1 美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-02-28 英语课
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1. A former police officer was sentenced to life in prison for killing 1 his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn daughter. Bobby Cutts Jr. was spared the death sentence by a jury. Cutts is eligible 2 for parole after 57 years.


 


2. The Humane 3 Society is suing the U.S. government, saying it isn't keeping sick and crippled cows out of the food supply. The suit comes after the largest beef recall ever, involving a California meat packing plant using so-called “downer cows”.


 


3. The largest earthquake in more than 2 decades struck Britain. The 5.3-magnitude quake was centered about 125 miles north of London, causing minor 4 damage but no injuries.


 


4. Conservative columnist 5, author and TV show host Williams F. Buckley Jr. has died. He was 82. Buckley founded National Review magazine and championed anti-communism and pro-market forces, raising the profile that conservative thought for a generation.


 



1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 eligible
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
3 humane
adj.人道的,富有同情心的
  • Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗?
  • Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。
4 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
5 columnist
n.专栏作家
  • The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
  • She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。
学英语单词
acataposis
accrual basis of accounting
acrodictys polyappendiculata
active acoustical absorption
AMHP
anisomeridium ambiguum
antarctic disjunction
apparently higher than
Asplenium pinnatifidum
attended mode
balalaiki
beachbound
bitner
bluff bow
brain cancer
calf-length
central committee
Cheria
Cirsium schantarense
clean air system
coded-scan tomogram
color overlapping
combined acidity
computer punch paper tape
conference summary
Consultative Committee of Accounting Bodies
crew's room
crosswise piling
cumulative poisoning
dactylosternal
desmodactylous foot
disorder order transformation
dissentiency
dorsccuboidal reflex
down trodden
earthquake safety
ecotoxicologically
Entrepeňas, Embalse de
fibre cable
fire-extinguisher
fire-fightings
fusarenon-x
fuzzle
gasproof machine
gellerts
Guajaraz, Embalse de
heat-resistant insulating material
heater-type tube
heavy primary ray
Higashisonogi
high-reaching
high-resolution magnetic survey
highheartedly
hydrostatic lubricator
hyperthyroidisms
ignition advance angle control
impact cap
interrenal cell
inwreathing
Kaurna
knabbed
lateral pressure coefficient
lindiwe
majestic
malleableizes
medical device
money-printing
natural resources-revaluation increments
neckera crenulata
non-procedure data interface
noncastrated
normal profit pricing
occasional light
operating system
prancings
presentation service command processor
pressurebottle
previsor
public Gopher clients
Pungam
relative anchor point
saintliest
semi-revers
Server side scripting
Shooting fish in a barrel
straight stroke
symbol(in the instruction handbook)
tannic
tetrazine
thymoprivic
towed model
track eradicator
Trzebielino
ultimate distribution
Urnasch
waste-ground
webbie
Weil's syndrome
Weixelbaum
Welsh Mountain pony
wire delay
zimmy