时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(六)月


英语课

1. President Barack Obama expressed outrage 1 at the violent crackdown by the Iranian government against protesters of the disputed presidential election. Speaking at a White House news conference, Obama said the US joins the international community in condemning 2 what he called the threats, beatings and imprisonments of the last few days.


2. Metro 3 transit 4 officials in Washington D.C. are confirming an earlier report that nine people were killed in a train collision. Mayor Adrian Fenty said at an earlier news conference that seven people had died and he hoped the death toll 5 would not increase. The accident was the worst in the 33-year history of the Metrorail system.


3. Ed McMahon, whose trademark 6 laugh accompanied Johnny Carson's jokes on the "Tonight Show" for 30 years died early Tuesday. He was 86. His publicist didn't give a cause of death, saying McMahon had a multitude of health problems the last few months.


4. Americans Venus Williams and Andy Roddick won their opening round matches at Wimbledon. Williams is seeking her third straight Wimbledon title. The sixth-seeded Roddick is hoping to win his first.



1 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
2 condemning
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 metro
n.地铁;adj.大都市的;(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国,主要经营零售)
  • Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗?
  • The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
4 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
5 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
6 trademark
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
学英语单词
above limit
actinal surface
actuator port
alkyne series
annular wing
antipodism
antiriboflavin
arch brick
banging us
barbatus
beam switch
boogeyman, boogermen
brachial stephoscope
brontoscopy
Burravoe
Béhague, Pte.
celibatist
cellulose methyl
chemical engineer
colede
compensation technique
concussive
confirmation of order
cytophic
d'art
depacker
descending mining
destructive adenoma
dikka
dinophiles
dovecotes
drop-shutter
dry sand layer
electric pipe bender
error formula
eruptive histiocytoma
expressive trait
fish patrol boat
formal database query
formula recognition
GM_usually
gresses
guimaraes
gynandria
Herminium singulum
horizontal boring machine
hot-seal packing machine
hygroscopically
integrating gyroscopic accelerometer
jetting suction dredger
keep under observation
laser medium gain curve
Lindheimera texana
macijauskas
Mashivka
massess
mckevitt
mckim
Miss Fidditch
moncur
most-improved
Nadsonieae
nervous dermatosis
Nikalium
non-official remedy
notationstation
onecourse
open cycle magnetohydrodynamic generation
open-loop voltage gair
ovatherapy
pink family
principal contradiction
propulsion device
prostatic enucleator
push moth
quasi-factorial designs
regius professor
reliability engineering institute
resistance wire gauge
respireth
Saxifraga erinacea
self-destructs
shen kyong (bhutan)
shults
skid pile-driver
sticking varnish
strongylophyllum
syndrome of wind-phlegm invading collaterals
tear-duct atresia
teleonymph
the vale of years
tooth tip
trade repair
tuberculous testicular spongioma
type of interrupt
uniqlo
unrepaired
vitifolia
wavetable synthesis sound card
workholic
Wrights Corners
zemindaries