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
15-hydroxytomatidenol
a mountain of
Acer sinense
adustin
after-ripening
aminonucleoside
Anodynine
anomalous diffraction
apsheron
assistu
Aulolepidae
bagasse insulation board
banking supervision
base locator linkage
becontrees
black croaker
black rabbit skin plate
brand slut
buy a pig in a poke
Campo Grande
Cattell infant intelligence scale
channel of retreat
choudrite
colat
cold-core cyclone
corroboration of an invention
crespies
crosscurrent extraction
Dawhpumyang
dermatitis continuee
DVIS
electrostatic wave
empty and load change-over cock
extension wing
family resources
featheriest
fluid drilling
Gothlin's tests
guide holder
hand-hook
heated to
Heteroplexis
high-yield early-maturing variety
historic-preservation
instalment sale basis
integral heat of swelling
isocandela curve
ketoaldonic
Kyiv
Lannemezan
legal beagle
lookovers
Lothian
manganese trioxide
misjoins
Molotov cocktail
monkey-intranuclear-inclusion agent
motor automatic relay
muciform
navigation and positioning satellite
ngal
nongardener
octal addition
one-half veneer crown
path oriented decision making
paucimolecular mixture
polyorethane
priacanthus fitchi
prodynorphins
public distance
purple poppy mallows
quasi seller
range finding
retroaction
rolling fixture
saturated characteristic
screw base
scutages
selected
shameeana
silt soil
sliding finger
slow study
sound analysis
speak through the back of one's neck
starch cube
target-hunting
the mother of all sth
three-dimensional table
time-delay relay
titiwangsa
town meetings
triazenes
unidirectional roving
variable angle nozzle
wheeler-dealer
wild state
Winterport
woody plant community
y'all, yall
yolk bag
Yégué