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
acrolects
algebraic complex
barreloid
Belg.
cancellation of treaty
cap'ns
capacifies
characteristic programmed grammar
chocolate sauce
cicconi
clapometers
continuous carbon filtration
cosmic-ray solar flare effect
crassinucellate
Crotalase
Daxid
deed of gift
demoxepam
desacralized
disk coprocessor board
doodie
doryphoros
double stand rolling mill
eircells
element of
emmene
endotoxaemias
FCTC
feam
fighting fit
final arrival notice of ship
Fluxum
fore cabin
genus Philadelphus
halpin-tsai
hard-cushion formation
hearney
holographed testament
hour counter additional intermediate wheel
Immigration Department
inflameable
informal unit
intake crane
intake shaft
intrasubunit
Japanese Engineering Standard
Jenner's stain
Kammon-kaikyo
lateral femoral circumflex artery
leafbearing
lithium natrolite
manual rheumatism
Masjid Moth
mesophyll cell
mica panis
mnemo-
monoisoamyl ethylmalonate
moving block
naturetin
neulander
o'herlihy
ocular chalcosis
oscillating process
parametrizes
partial molar
Parwān, Velāyet-e
pelagic crab
pelitic schist
peripheral physical unit
pool stick
pressure stabilization
public consciousness
regional remote sensing
reverse counter gear
ringcraft
runzheimer
sacramentalize
scout craft, scoutcraft
separating burst
separating wall
service interruption of telephone
shell and tube hear exchanger
shell mouid
Skokholm I.
SNNY
snorkel wake
sphecidaes
sphenoidal fontanelle
stained preparation
stop line
straight-run naphtha
system engineering tools
Sīdī Abū an Nūr
thanos
thresholded gradient
tooth fundament
translucent beads
triplex
tristate logic
unicellular plant
virrok
zero point error