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


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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
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aerial work carriage
alarm clocks
alkylated naphthenes
anomalistic drift
application for transfer
Atlantick
atrocarpa
ballyfermots
bashed on
Biondi-Heldenhain stain
Bird Sound
building constractor
bulk-effect oscillator
cartigraphic projection
cathode-ray pencil
cavil at the price
cheyah
Chimonobambusa pachystachys
Chondrobranchii
climbing nightshade
common design
commutator sleeve
consolidation curve
cyclic strain amplitude
destructive power
Domett, C.
elaidic acid dibromide
electrical network
elevator jib
elsewards
escutcheon plate
fare change
flight-follow
freedoms from double jeopardy
Gampsonychidae
get something over with
GLOSSOZOA
grande-alle
Génissiat Dam
H chain
halosere
Hepatozoon muris
hoisting weight
hormetically
initial thrust
innumeous
inter-body
invitation to send (its)
Latimeria chalumnae
logic gates
loose propeller blade
low temperature separator
make-works
malacolite gneiss
mcdougalls
microhemodynamics
Monte Plata
multinodularity
N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorescein
naesten
Nievergelt
no thank you
olmsteads
Ouchterlony method
pathological mechanism
polar cap
pre-fermentation
privy councillor
put back the clock
random arrangement
replight
reserates
Riols
sea ranching
semi-discrete method
smoke unit
smooth core armature
smooth-running
Soquel Canyon
stained-glass
starting function
stick to sb.'s rib
superconcentrated
syser
tack welded hafnium crystal bar electrode
tarsometatarsal articulations
technology-drivens
tegmental cells
test for balance
third-class values
trithylamine
umbrella term
user-levels
vena vitellina
Verkhneudinsk
vestibule train
vexilliferid
waft
welding grade argon
whores out
winkings