时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月


英语课

1.US officials say there are new signs North Korea may be planning even more missile launches. Today it fired its sixth short-range missile since Monday and officials say there are signs of more activity.


2.Members of the United Auto 1 Workers union have ratified 2 a package of concessions 3, designed to reduce GM's labor 4 costs. The vote comes before an expected Chapter 11 bankruptcy 5 protection filing by GM on Monday.


3.Phil Specter has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. The 69-year-old music producer was convicted for shooting Clarkson at his home in 2003. Specter plans to appeal.


4.Prince Harry 6 has been taking a tour of the World Trade Center site. It's the first stop on his first official visit to the US. He placed a wreath with a hand-written note at Ground Zero and bowed his head as he stood over the 9/11 Memorial.



1 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 ratified
v.批准,签认(合约等)( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准,因此被宣布无效。
  • The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。
3 concessions
n.(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权( concession的名词复数 );承认;减价;(在某地的)特许经营权
  • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
  • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
4 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
5 bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
6 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。
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abnormal temperature rise
al ashmunayn
alternate console
antonio lopez de santa annas
axillary ringworm
bacilliary
Beira Baixa, Prov.da
bellosious
biggie
bill of lading for combined transport
blast lamp for soldering
British Sound Recording Association
christan
climate of slopes
conservative dynamical system
crustal low-velocity zone
crystal aggregation
debond
Dieterici equation of state
dioxanate
Direct Graphics Interface Specification
efficient edge detector
electric wind shield wiper arm
erythropoiesis
Euclid Seamount
evening news
extra bright
eyes of her
flag halt
Folsan
form broach
friction-free capitalism
go to the polls
greenwashers
guide ring
hallucinatory neuralgia
Hill County
honeoye l.
honyudisin
hydraulic efficiency speed governor
incremental delivered power
induced draft engine
ink mark
john garner
jouniehs
klinkhart
language policy
lava bister
leg-length
lexicodes
limb-fitting
macovei
mechanick
Mecoptera
medical accident
megamixes
microdipodopss
n-heptadecanoic acid
Nepeta fordii
nepomuceno
not a breath was heard
oesophageal speech
orange flower water
ota
overrefined
paper thimble
parent language
passivation ledge
physical interface specification
plan of wiring
proportional segment
Qōratū
ribbon watch
RLSB
rotameter flowmeter
Saint Michael and Saint George
selective transmittance
selfcondensation
Sierra de Luna
small granular cell
Smith, Adam
sodium acid methanearsonate
stadium annihilationis
steam line plug
steep-front
stenotropy
Stokes Pt.
storne
subject index entry
suprapubic catheter
televises
three-ring
threshold functions
thrust chamber valve switch
trawlmen
upsetting moment
valinches
vinyl sulfone reactive dye
volkswil
yarn forming device
youth court
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