时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十一)月


英语课

1.Black Friday has arrived with shoppers across the country up thoroughly 1 this morning in search of holiday bargains. With the economy still struggling, many analysts 2 expect retail 3 sales to be about flat compared to last year.


2.Overseas stocks are taking a hit as investors 4 are skittish 5 about Dubai's debt problems. The news has triggered fears of a wave of heavy losses at banks that could hinder a global economic recovery.


3.The couple who crashed an exclusive state dinner at the White House the other night are aspiring 6 reality TV stars. The camera crew connected to Bravo's upcoming The Real Housewives of DC will still mean the couple getting ready for the event in an apparent audition 7.


4.It's moving day for this pair of giant pandas. The pandas are being flown from China to an Australian zoo where will be the only giant pandas in the southern hemisphere.



1 thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
2 analysts
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
3 retail
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
4 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
5 skittish
adj.易激动的,轻佻的
  • She gets very skittish when her boy-friend is around.她男朋友在场时,她就显得格外轻佻。
  • I won't have my son associating with skittish girls.我不准我的儿子与轻佻的女孩交往。
6 aspiring
adj.有志气的;有抱负的;高耸的v.渴望;追求
  • Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
  • He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句
7 audition
n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)
  • I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音,可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
  • At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初,他们说他太小,但后来他们叫他去试听。
学英语单词
5-methyltetrahydrohomofolate
abidingly
acct
albiness
Alemite lubrication
Australianese
balance of wheel
be PC
bedroom steward
bepats
Bituvitan
bloats
bluish-black
Carpinet
cast-iron pearlitic
chlorooxon
cithe
colloid cells
complex special orthognal group
construction programme
counter-checking
D-analysis
dose absorbed
embryonic selection
engine and crew navigation
Espejo, L.
faceplate
flowerbed
fluctuating flame
forfaitings
Fragaria L.
genus melopsittacuss
Grunau
hadows
Hahn's operation
hemorrhagic disorder
hen hawks
high-speed buffer register
hindu-arabic numerals
iboluteine
Irving-Williams series
Izozogog Bajo
Kenutu I.
Kilmacrenan
Kvachina
land of flowers
lattice equality
lpg
main cleaning point
marie-antoinettes
Mark Hopkins
modal damping ratio
monilosis
most favored nation
nonalphanumeric
Nuristanis
oil tightness
Orchis cruenta
painting raft
Paraprenanthes
passive laser beam communications satellite
pavimented
Pedicularis mairei
Perhimpunan Indonesia
perspective figure
phrenosterol
primolut-nor
purely viscous fluids
quesne
question bank
reveiwing
roting
rubbing surface
short hairs
skip blanks
Slobbovian
social intercourse
soryano (philippines)
specular schist
Stintino
stmp
tag game
the top tier
theoretical demography
third axillary
thymot
too big for one's britches
umbellatum
undivined
vector balancing
vector quantity
veterinary endocrinology
vising
vulvouterine
ward room
waste powder and shot
waveguide isolator
weblogic server
western islandss
wooden hatch board
worn in journal
would have none of