时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月


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1. The upper Mississippi River in Missouri and Illinois is about to hit its high point. The National Weather Service says the river will crest 1 in some places Sunday and other locations Monday. Despite widespread flooding, water levels did not reach records set in 1993.


2. Saudi Arabia says it will produce more oil if customers need it. But King Abdullah says production levels aren't the cause of record high oil prices. He blames speculators, high fuel taxes and increased oil consumption 3 in developing economies.


3. A typhoon pounded the Philippines with sustained 4 winds of 74 miles an hour. It knocked out power in the capital Manila. It's also blamed for capsizing a ferry carrying more than 700 people. So far, only 10 survivors 5 have been counted.


4. Tom Brokaw will host NBC's "Meet the Press" through the fall election. The move gives the most-watched Sunday talk show some stability 6 following the sudden death of Tim Russert. NBC hasn't said who will host after November.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. speculator 2: n.


someone who buys goods, property,shares in a company etc, hoping that they will make a large profit when they sell them.


2. pound: v.


If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.


3. knock out: v.


to damage something so that it does not work.


4. capsize: v.


if a boat capsizes, or if you capsize it, it turns over in the water.



1 crest
n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
  • The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
  • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。
2 speculator
n.投机者,投机商人,思索家
  • He was a sinister and crafty speculator.他是一个险诈的投机商。
  • The stake was large,and Harkness was a daring speculator.赌注不小,而哈克尼斯又是一个大胆的投机家。
3 consumption
n.消费,消耗,消费额,消耗量,结核病
  • Consumption of oil has declined in recent years.石油消耗量在最近几年下降了。
  • The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.这种肉已被宣布不适宜人们食用。
4 sustained
adj.持久的,持续的v.维持( sustain的过去式和过去分词 );支撑;忍受;长期保持
  • Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained. 没有正确的领导,群众的积极性就不可能持久。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He has sustained a great loss by the death of his father. 他父亲的去世使他蒙受巨大的损失。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 survivors
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
6 stability
n.稳定,稳固
  • The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
  • She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。
学英语单词
(Robaxin)Methocarbamol
a. ophthalmica
aitcs
angular dispersion
antique-dealer
aureolarias
Banteay Chey
be mounted
bichats
bumper jar
butt-chin
cardiac disease in toxemia of pregnancy
cercis likiangensis chun
certificate of beneficial interest
Chang Kuo
changeless
chion-
colega
collie eye anomaly
component truss
comprehensive confirming house shipment policy
congenital retinal fold
contact insertion and withdrawal force
contractualises
deblending
design proposal
desklamps
desksize computer
diffuse choroidal sclerosis
disappear to
downward storke
dynamic discovery
earning related benefit
ensta
entergy
Erypin
essential enzyme
flat-topped ridge
flow dichroism
follower stud
four-legged friends
gailliard
gas seep
goes down the drain
golfdom
heavy tail
high pressure adjusting spring
hollow-point
home reservation
humariaceous
indicating potentiometer
ironless armature
isopia
jet channelling
kirchoff's law
metallocarboxypeptidase
micro-fiche
milky tea
mistaker
moity wool
multiplication of determimants
navigation system
NAVMEDATASERVCEN
neoprene sponge
nine-tracks
nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores
oftmentioned
on maturity
on roder
osteohalisteresis
outer iteration
output of column
Pahārikhera
paramyoclonus multiplex
pda-based
perrutenate
personal supremacy
photoconductive thermal-plastic polymer material
phyllosticta amorphophalli
picoeukaryotes
plavacridin
polar positioning system
pterolophia lineatipennis
Putnam, Rufus
radioactive pericarditis
reckon sth up
Rhododendron noriakianum
ripeful
scintillatio albescens
self-ionization spectroscopy
stwe
Sulzbach an der Murr
swallow
Taitzehoia
technomic
trophic linkage
vascular glands
Viterbi decoder
vitriate
waltz turn
warns
wide-sense stationary random process