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.The lawyer for Michael Jackson’s personal physician says his client will not comment on rumor 1, innuendo 2 or unnamed sources. That statement follows a law enforcement official telling the AP that Dr. Conrad Robert Murray gave Jackson a powerful anesthetic 3 to help him sleep. Authorities believe that drug is what caused Jackson’s heart to stop.


2.Conjoined twins born with a single body and two heads have died just five days after being born. The boys died from organ failure within minutes of one another. They were born in an Indonesian hospital last Thursday with two hearts but shared all other vital organs.


3.Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford says he wants to be moved from a private prison to a federal detention 4 center because he's been without air conditioning. Stanford also says he has to share a cell with up to ten other inmates 5. He's jailed on charges of operating a 7-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.


4.A Californian judge has appointed a lawyer to keep a close eye on the earnings 6 of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets. He says he wants to make sure the babies aren't exploited for financial gain. The family accept to star in a reality show this fall.



1 rumor
n.谣言,谣传,传说
  • The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
  • The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。
2 innuendo
n.暗指,讽刺
  • The report was based on rumours,speculation,and innuendo.这份报告建立在谣言、臆断和含沙射影的基础之上。
  • Mark told by innuendo that the opposing team would lose the game.马克暗讽地说敌队会在比赛中输掉。
3 anesthetic
n.麻醉剂,麻药;adj.麻醉的,失去知觉的
  • He was given a general anesthetic.他被全身麻醉。
  • He was still under the influence of the anesthetic.他仍处在麻醉状态。
4 detention
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
5 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 earnings
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
学英语单词
aeronautical navigation
affiliated manager
Alantika Mountains
apparance
appointed store
aspergillus candidus
automatic request terminal
baldrick
binturongs
bridge-and-tunnel
Brunelleschi, Filippo
bushmanship
caponomics
chain oiler
chromazol yellow 2R
circular planing attachment
colescott
computer-to-telephone
copyboys
cracked on
crystal size
cures
Cyananthus flavus
defecographic
Denver omelette
depth-span ratio of beam
disney Channel
Douglas, Stephen A
driven accessary
dulls
early strength concrete
eccrine adenocarcinoma
electrically operated
entorhinal cortex
equivalent orifice
eukaryon
file archive
first flight neutron loss
Galileo thermometer
genital gianas
GNT
go far enough
Golgi cell
Halimede
Herbertsdale
holographic image
Ifunda
ILAFA
in the wings
International PI Group Agreement
Internet forensics
intestinal myiasis
invoice-book outward
ionic implantation
Jambi
kilovoltampere
linear with memory
long duration rocket
Lysiloma bahamensis
mepramidil
methodology of econometrics
might-have-been
mildewing of paints
moisture scale
nan-changs
neurodermatosis
nil-factor
one-sixtieths
orace
outer voice
papering
past reclaim
phase-angle meter
pigboat
planta (pl.plantae)
postannealed
press down system
prism demagnification
random displacement
round-top
saline damage
Schaffer's acid
serial radiograohic paratus
server-side script
sublingual fibroma
synchroscope selection
Syzygium malaccense
takes charge
target elevation
tartramate
the Stars and the Stripes
tip ring sleeve
tsuris
twice as much
tymapanitic note
ultimate factor of safety
ultramicroscopic virus
water-proof electrical equipment
wearing glasses
world equilibrium
yellow nails syndrome(samman's syndrome)
zinc slab