时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月


英语课

 1. Temperatures are plunging 1 well below zero across much of the US, as a weather system known as a polar vortex sends the nation into a deep freeze. Wind chill warnings are in effect from Montana to Alabama. 


 
2. One person is dead and two others were hurt after a plane crashed in Aspen Colorado. The 3 crew members were the only people on board. 
 
3. Iraq’s Prime Minister is urging residents of the western city of Fallujah to expel al-Qaeda militants 2. Al-Qaeda forces overran the city last week. 
 
4. And Dennis Rodman is in North Korea with a team of fellow former NBA players. They are planning to play an exhibition game on North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s birthday. 

1 plunging
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 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。