时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(八)月


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 1. Two American aid workers who were infected with the Ebola virus have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital. Officials say that after 3 weeks of treatment, the patients, Doctor Kent Bradley and Nancy WriteBol pose no public health risk. 


 
2. The Justice Department has announced a nearly 17 billion dollars settlement with Bank of America over its role in the sale of mortgage based securities in the run up to the financial crisis in 2008. The settlement is by far the largest deal the DOJ has reached for the bank, calling for Bank of America to provide billions to struggling homeowners.
 
3. US officials say the Islamic State militants 1 who beheaded an American journalist, James Foley had demanded more than 130 million dollars ransom 2 for his release. A second official says the demands were sent in emails to Foley’s family after first trying to get the money from his Foley’s employer, Global Post late last year.
 
4. And you may put down that cup of noodles. A recent study by Baylor Heart and Vascular 3 hospital found excessive consumption of Ramen is linked to increased risk of diabetes 4, heart disease and stroke. The new findings may leave a sour taste in noodle fans’ mouth around the globe.

1 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
2 ransom
n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救
  • We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
  • The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。
3 vascular
adj.血管的,脉管的
  • The mechanism of this anomalous vascular response is unknown.此种不规则的血管反应的机制尚不清楚。
  • The vascular changes interfere with diffusion of nutrients from plasma into adjacent perivascular tissue and cells.这些血管变化干扰了营养物质从血浆中向血管周围邻接的组织和细胞扩散。
4 diabetes
n.糖尿病
  • In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者,医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
  • Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
学英语单词
air-bag support
Akitio
alpha and beta naphthlamine
asgrown crystal
baclofen
Basque language
Bayel
cast preform
catodic etching
causticized ash
cavitands
clanship
Clematis mandshurica
consubstantialism
Contraction Risk
Cryptophagidae
denver-baseds
dissolved oxygen analyzer for seawater
divestable
doal
Duqi Wan
Dzhuglymskiy Khrebet
El Potrero de Tenavac
environmental protection agency progress report
epizoids
ethno-cultural
Evart
fang chih ku wu
fantin-latour
field emission cathode
flared trousers
FM radio
glycidyl amine resin
half wave voltage doubler
heat radiation pyrometer
herringbone work
hetero-ovular twins
hot laboratory
hyper aggressive
Id al-Adha
immobilize waste
in case that
in the dark
inter-row weeder
International Federation for European Law
kewer
kidney worm
kinoshitalite
konares
laboratory size extruder
manufacturing information control system
medullary trigeminal tractotomy
micro-movement control system
money-lender
multilayeredness
muzorewas
neckars
onware
out-milling
outdoor training
Outfolding
Parafrenal
passive testing
photomosaic
phyllosticta amorphophalli
Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii Makino
pigeon's milk
polygraphy
Potentilla anserina
pseudotype
publish the banns
purge cock
Qatari
repsols
restrictionism
say what
SCOPELOSAURIDAE
sea bat
semi-portal bridge crane
short sellers
Sirault
slum area
spastic vasoconstrictive crisis
speed of rolls
split-ticket
st. sebastian c.
straley
supply train
the weft
tickle a person pink
Tondibi
tractus tegmentalis centralis
triazolobenzodiazepine
Uam-ri
ultimate bearing moment
unstathelfast
uranianism
Venetlin
vladimirov
Warhol
wet tissue
wrap around type solar cell