时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(七)月


英语课

1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he was rushed by a helicopter to a military hospital after feeling unwell during a strenuous 1 jog on a hot afternoon. His office denied that Sarkozy lost consciousness. Officials say tests on Sarkozy were normal.


2. A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Florida had to make an unexpected stop at an airport on New York's Long Island. A flight attendant reported an electrical smell after takeoff Sunday morning. One hundred and thirty six passengers and crew were evacuated 2 safely.


3. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is formally leaving office. She steps down with her political future clouded by ethics 3 probes, mounting legal bills and dwindling 4 popularity. Lieutenant 5 Governor Sean Parnell takes over for Palin.


4. Alberto Contador of Spain won the Tour de France for a second time. Lance Armstrong joined him on the podium after finishing third in his comeback to cycling's main event.



1 strenuous
adj.奋发的,使劲的;紧张的;热烈的,狂热的
  • He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading. 他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
  • You may run yourself down in this strenuous week.你可能会在这紧张的一周透支掉自己。
2 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
3 ethics
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
4 dwindling
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
  • The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
5 lieutenant
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
学英语单词
a cup of coffee
alternativists
Amaurellina
angustate antenna
armour rod
be hell on wheels
burao
byhod
calamitean
campina (cimpina)
carburizing reagent
cathode potential regulator
childhood friend
classwider
coefficient of aeration
coherent acoustic doppler radar
communtants
consumer-leds
counter-spells
current deficit-export ratio
deafenings
deutschlands
disorientings
drug localization
electrically machinery
epithermal vein
epizootics
error recovery
ethyl monochloracetate
Eutardigrada
evolutionary developmental psychology
extendest
fiber space
flat topography
flexor digitorum brevis
four cutter bit
fourletter
fresh water load line in summer
game playing algorithm
genus Myrmecia
germination rate
Guinea-Bissauan
handsfree
high pressure pneumatics
hypergraphs
kidzmouse
languids
long range propagation
magnesiotropic
Maira, Torrente
makalo
manometric cicatrix
mbabanes
mind bogglingly
mortgage-market
motherferyer
multicolor hologram
myosin heavy chain
naso-oral
non-reversible reaction
nozzle ablation
of fine proportions
onum
optimal solution tree
outplacements
ovo-lacto vegetarian
penknives
phainopepla
photon rocket
polyalternating
Port Perry
pound foot
preluded
prezoea
priority of maritime lien
pseudomucinous cystadenoma
punctuated-equilibrium model
put someone's money up
quelqu'un
ranunculus repenss
recoppice
resistor termination
richardii
rormulatian
Sinn Bishr, Jab.
spanning subgraph
spoewslang
steam piano
stratospheric coupling
Sulingen
tabular analysis
Tamiahua, L.de
Thanbayagon
topolino
total debt
Towage Contract on Lumpsum Basis
triticum timopheevi zhuk
Unconscionable Contracts Ordinance
viewablest
water-cat
west-facing
x-ray high-voltage generator