时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月


英语课

1. The Los Angeles county coroner's finding that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide could eventually lead to criminal charges for Jackson's personal doctor. Doctor Conrad Murray told investigators 1 he gave Jackson a mix of drugs to treat the pop star's insomnia 2 in the hours before his death.


2. NASA will try again Wednesday morning to launch the shuttle Discovery. The Space Agency had scrubbed Tuesday morning's launch because of thunderstorms. Discovery will carry seven astronauts as well as thousands of pounds of space station supplies to the International Space Station.


3. An Associated Press source says President Barack Obama plans to nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term. Obama will make the announcement today during a break from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.


4. The auto 3 industry will continue to try and lure 4 customers in without the help of "Cash for Clunkers". The government program which gave auto sales the joys ended last night. Through Monday, dealers 5 are reportedly selling more than 600,000 vehicles in just a month for the government rebates 6.



1 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 insomnia
n.失眠,失眠症
  • Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
  • He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。
3 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。
4 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
5 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
6 rebates
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 );回扣;返还(退还的部份货价);折扣
  • The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点,如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
  • In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
abrasive binder
abstains
acute myelo-monocytic leukemia
adwriter
aerofoil fan
afforcements
air humidifying equipment
allotranasplant
alpine permafrost
anointings of the sick
aperturae
attenuation coefficients
automatic feed grate
bust-ups
callistocythere tihaoa
caudally
checks kiting
circular housing
class NP problem
cockal
connie
consisture
critical time
cuddle class
D.P.C.
density model
destination-type
destorb
diagonal wipe
dips out
drive...home
dropping ground
drug toxicity
Duchenne-Landouzy type
enter upon the path of something
enthronisation
external fistula
extreme close-up
four-wire switching center
furoate
gametocide
Gastrochilus linearifolius
genus Meriones
getabler
gunfires
Guy.
hand hold
heptabarbitone
herborizings
hikeable
Himalayan mayapple fruit
Hlebwegyi
image control unit
Kaverino
lady's longing
laid-pile finish
lasianthus obliquinervis taitoensis
lock-pickings
magnetifies
mandibuliformis
medee
medinah
misliker
multi-purpose sewing machine
nonmountaineer
nosocomialtion
noxious gas
out-flown
oxidized wastewater
paracytheridea polyspinosa
pending interrupt condition
philadelphy
placental lactogen hormone
plimsoll's mark
preference distribution analysis
psellism
recorded date/time
reed grasses
repress brick
rig mover
rotation detector
Satevo
semiautomatic processing
shiftable ramp
shuttle vessel
softening lead
spied out
squamous cell carcinoma of palate
stannous chloride
strainer-gate core
supplemental gene
tapioca adjuvant
terseness
triple heading
true sensitivity
Usol'skiy Rayon
vaccinocidin
VPF
welded stayed construction
X-ray tube head
xanthonic acid
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