时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)


英语课

 1. Singer Chris Brown has been arrested in the nation's capital. Police say Brown and another man are charged with felony assault following a fight outside the W Hotel. The two are being held in police custody 1 until tomorrow.


2. A Chinese immigrant has been arrested on five counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children. The family was stabbed with a kitchen knife in their Brooklyn home, where the suspect had been staying.
3. Legendary 2 rock star Lou Reed has died at 71. He passed away at his home of an ailment 3 related to a recent liver transplant. Reed influenced generations of musicians as leader of the Velvet 4 Underground and remained a vital solo performer for decades. 
4. Michael Jackson fans gathered in cities around the world to take part in a simultaneous international dance to his hit "Thriller 5." The annual event raises money for local charities.

1 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
2 legendary
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学)
  • Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
  • Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
3 ailment
n.疾病,小病
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
4 velvet
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
5 thriller
n.惊险片,恐怖片
  • He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
  • I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
学英语单词
accessory sample
actinogenesis
Ammy
androsphinges
Avesnes
ballas
Bourg-Blanc
Buskerud Fylke
characteristic underflow
Cockscomb, Mt.
come alongside
commercial size unit
Connantre
copper(ii) tungstate
dante alighieris
dark ground illumination
dauriporphinoline
diarisation
disaster medicine
disk based program
ductile fracture surface
dwarf sumac
eadness
early-type variable
earn ... living
elegant habenarias
enterprise mashup
examing
fill up a post
firestorms
flash flotation
flutter damper
forced foot
foreoath
forest phytopathology
frequency multiplier chain
glass tube separator
gram-mkolecuar weight
gustatory receptor
heavy tractor
helotisn
hojjatieh
hyperflow conveying method
Hypoviridae
in irons
inlet gutter
JST
Kalanshiyū, Sarīr
keying action
Lagana, Kolpos
Laniidae
lattice disturbance
logical data path
luminous blue variable
lunatus sulci
makh
man and biosphere program
metal orifice
methyl chloromethyl ether
mid-fielders
mimosa perfume
molenbeek-saint-jean
monaxial class
my side
non-fireproof construction
nucleoporins
nutshells
octet theory
ODPN
Ondara
outgoing station
paradise parrot
paregorism
peakload station
Pentatrichomonas ardin delteili
perseveration
pneumatic pressure cylinder
political surrogate
portegues
ppkis
pray out
rack down
relieving stuffy nose
rhodium pentaselenide
rodge
round-edged tyre
royal
shlimazel
siricin
sound producing organ
spring separation device
stainless steel wire cloth
subirrigated
Teapot Dome
telescope alidade
three edged rule
timucu
tippytoed
turn the screws on someone
tuye
variable speed reducer
zipping