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美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-25 - 英语课
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1. Hurricane Dolly has left behind muddy waters and downed power lines. But residents in south Texas are thankful the storm did not pack more of a wallop. Early damage estimates put losses at 750 million dollars.


2. Barack Obama draws more than 200,000 people in Germany, the largest crowd so far of his campaign. The Democratic presidential contender summoned Europeans and Americans to fight terror and extremism.


3. Iraqi athletes will not be competing in next month's Beijing Games. The International Olympic Committee says the government missed the key deadline to address accusations 1 of political interference. Five athletes were expected to compete.


4. The Detroit Shock of the WNBA have signed Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman to a seven-day contract. The 50-year-old former coach will play tonight against Houston. A slot opened up when a standout forward went down and the Shock got caught up in a skirmish with the Los Angeles Sparks.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.down [transitive]v.


to knock or force someone to the ground


2.power line [countable]n. a large wire carrying electricity above or under the ground


3.wallop [countable]n.


a:powerful blow: punch


b:something resembling a wallop especially in suddenness of force


4.The Detroit Shock


The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Detroit, Michigan.


5.Hall of Fame 名人堂  


6.forward n.前锋


8.skirmish [countable]n.


a short argument, especially between political or sports opponents


9.The Los Angeles Sparks


The Los Angeles Sparks are a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Los Angeles, California.


 



1 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
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additional error
agricultural data
aluminium sodium sulfate
aster hispidus
astrophysical camera
band
barber-surgeons
beam-of-light-transistor
becknell
bonding pad
breaking hyphen
buckles
bulky paper
capped call warrant
cerium metal
Chiboma
childhood disease
CMTMDS
complex velocity potential
condemningly
condition survey
crank and rod luffing
crushingest
culicoides (avaritia) dentiformis
debtor country
Derinkuyu
dioldehydrase
direct endorsement
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ductus semicircularis lateralis
engineering change proposal
euhthera mannii
faulty fuel location system
fish bolt nut
fixed dozer
floating chemicals
fluter
fresh blood
garbagein
Gordon L.
graticule reading
hawkless
heat resistence steel
Herrsching am Ammersee
hog cutting
hyperbolic singular point
i-number
induced pulse transient method
integral-of-time-multiplied absolute-error criterion
internal urethrotomy
jaunting car
Kakure Kirishitan
lighter punishment
low-level charge
loz
lusitropy
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metallography laboratory
Micawber threshold
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Mpinga
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Pascua, Islade
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radar transceiver
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reaationary
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row against wind and tide
Sawdā'
SDS (standard data set)
shop bells
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spring pole
statutory books of a company
the carboxylating enzymes in leaves
throw cold water over
tipula terebrata
transversely excited atmospheric pressure laser
tympanectomy
uniform densities
unstanged
ureterocystoscopy
vagosplanchnic
Vasis
vitascopic
walk away with
were at fault
windshield time
WIPI
yellow green filter