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
0456
acetone sugar
additive two-way layout
agency revenue
Aonbaw
atabeg
automatic phase comparison circuit
balance transmission
balloon line
bill discounted with collateral securities
Bivalvulida
broken-stone layer pitching
Buharkent
cell synchrony
Chute-des-Passes
competitive forces model
complementary symmetry MOS array
compound device
cream-style
cretinoid dysplasy
Deumacard
Diospyros cathayensis
diplo-
druble
eratoena sulcifera
euclasite
ezio
family earnings
faradopalpation
fiferail
fixed wage
frequent-guest
gaul
gauva
gone out of use
graphite containing bearing
heat isostatic pressing
high-speed cure
homaliadelphus targionianus rotundatus
hottempered
I'll be hanged if...
indexing gear constant
jack-knifed
Laval
level adjustment
ligdur
liveingite
Mackay Mountains
mandatory application
mariege
meatal plate
Mexican beech
mother milk
optimum statistic
optimum travel rate
outranks
pin insulator for telephone line
portable acetylene generator
portobello
prednylidene
public employee
queued file access
reincarnationist
return idler
road way
roseroot
rudder height
scratch my back and i'll scratch yours
secondary option menu
severe combined immunodeficiency
sextant reading
sharp-angled
single subject
six-tenths
Slea, R.
slip test
snubbable
spd.
splake
spring pilot
superior crura of antihelix
sylvicultural
system language
tarpauling
terminal insulator
thallium nickel sulfate
thermoforming machine
thrown out
Ugricists
uncurably
underground part
unreefed
unstable regin
upwardly inclined conveyer
vee formation
Vostochnyy Tannu-Ola, Khrebet
watchcases
weed killer
winged headland
wreckest
Yelimane
Yesagyo