美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-24
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(七)月
1.Hurricane Dolly has reached shore near South Padre Island in Texas. The storm has forced thousands of people into shelters on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. As it headed inland, Dolly weakened slightly to a Category 1 storm with top winds near 95 miles per hour.
2.Barack Obama says it's in Israel's best interest to reach a lasting 1 peace with the Palestinians. Obama is trying to allay 2 doubts about his support for Israel saying he has an unshakable commitment to Israel's security.
3.Microsoft founder 3 Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling 375 million dollars of their money into a global effort to cut smoking. The new effort will target developing countries where tobacco use is highest. The money will support projects that increase tobacco taxes, help smokers 4 quit and protect nonsmokers from smoke exposure.
4.State police in Rhode Island say they arrested a man whose blood alcohol level was 0. 491 percent. That's the highest ever in the state for someone who wasn't dead. The 34-year-old was taken to a hospital for detox and was later arraigned 6.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.Category 1 storm
Category 1 storms usually cause no significant damage to building structures; however, they can tip over unanchored mobile homes, as well as uproot 7 or snap trees. Poorly attached roof shingles 8 or tiles can blow off. Also, they produce some coastal 9 flooding, as well as minor 10 pier 11 damage.
Examples of storms of this intensity 12 include: Hurricane Alice (1954), Danny (1985), Jerry (1989), Ismael (1995), Gaston (2004), Humberto (2007) and, Dolly (2008) .
2.allay [transitive]v.
allay (somebody's) fear/concern/suspicion etc
to make someone feel less afraid, worried etc
3.pool [transitive]v.
to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them
4.quit [intransitive and transitive]v.
especially American English to stop doing something, especially something that is bad or annoying [give up]
5.smoke exposure=exposure to smoke
exposure [uncountable]n.
when someone is in a situation where they are not protected from something dangerous or unpleasant
exposure to sth
6.detox [uncountable]n.
informal special treatment to help people stop drinking alcohol or taking drugs [= rehab]
7.arraign 5 [transitive]v.
law to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is
arraign somebody on something
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
- They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
- She was arraigned today on charges of assault and kidnapping.她今天因被控人身侵犯和绑架而受到提审。
- He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.他因怂恿他人叛国而受到传讯。
- He was arraigned for murder. 他因谋杀罪而被提讯。
- She was arraigned for high treason. 她被控叛国罪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.他们全家决定离开故土，移居澳大利亚。
- The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起。
- Shingles are often dipped in creosote. 屋顶板常浸涂木焦油。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The roofs had shingles missing. 一些屋顶板不见了。 来自辞典例句
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- 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。