美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-25
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(七月)
英语课
1. Britain’s long-awaited Royal arrival has become even more imminent 1. Buckingham Palace announced Monday Duchess Kate is in labor 2 and went to the hospital along with her husband, Prince William.
2. Authorities and volunteers in East Cleveland, Ohio are searching for more bodies after finding the bodies of 3 women in plastic bags on Friday and Saturday. The East Cleveland police chief says he expects 35-year-old sex offender 3 Michael Madison to be charged on Monday.
3. Pope Francis flew out of Rome Monday. He is going to Brazil for a world youth day.
4. And researchers in the US have cancer patients wearing extremely cold caps. The idea is to have the cap essentially 4 freeze the scalp, so the chemotherapy won’t make hair fall out. The process is widely used in Europe and Canada.
1 imminent
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
2 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 offender
n.冒犯者,违反者,犯罪者
- They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
- The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
4 essentially
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。