时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)


英语课

1. Iran's state-run Press TV says three Americans jailed in Iran are now meeting with their mothers. The trio’s mothers arrived in Tehran yesterday to visit their children and try to secure their release. The three were arrested along the Iraqi border in July, and Iran has accused them of spying.


2. North Korea warns it will wage all-out war if punished toward the sinking of a South Korean warship 1. Investigators 2 say evidence proved that a North Korean submarine fired a torpedo 3 that sank a South Korean naval 4 ship back in March. Forty six sailors died in that attack.


3. Officials say an army veteran who sped away from security in an air force base in Florida has been shot and killed by an FBI agent. Officials say the veteran threatened the agent with a knife. No one else was injured. The air force has not released the dead man's name or the name of the FBI agent.


4. Warmart says it is pulling an entire line of Miley Cyrus-brand jewelry 5 from its shelves after test show they contain high levels of the toxic 6 metal, cadmium. The items aren't believed to be dangerous if simply worn. Concern comes when youngsters bite or suck on the jewelry. Long-term exposure to cadmium can lead to bone softening 7 and kidney failure.

 



1 warship
n.军舰,战舰
  • He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
  • The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。
2 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 torpedo
n.水雷,地雷;v.用鱼雷破坏
  • His ship was blown up by a torpedo.他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了。
  • Torpedo boats played an important role during World War Two.鱼雷艇在第二次世界大战中发挥了重要作用。
4 naval
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
5 jewelry
n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
6 toxic
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
7 softening
变软,软化
  • Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的,已经成了个软心肠的人了。
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ad hoc query
allotted time
andradite
armed glass
asynchronous frequency changer
backseater
baffle separation
bear-spray
body shop
breaker-mill
cerotomalacia
choosily
comb-grain
composite cost of capital
compound slide rest
condensed milk
cornucopiae
cortical vesicle
custom-fitted
cyanophyll
d'apres
Daiwa Overseas Finance Limited
depth first analysis
Desert Rat
digital-to-analogue
donnes
doppler-shift
downfeed system
Drasenhofen
enciform process
end stopping of chain
etrust
Ficus fulva
fixed end point variational problem
flow chart template
fresh water marsh
fruit setting
generator accessoreis box hanger
gill disease
gillingite
gimme caps
go your own way
grass prawn
greatness
gtsi
Gullabo
Harney L.
helicentric coordinate
hoodiecrow
hummable
hydroxyprogesterone caproate
in due season
intermetacarpal joints
inventory criterion
isooctanol process
keto-urine
LH
line of obliquity
marine biochemical resource
METEO
minimum clad thick-ness
nonsingular bilinear form
novellis
ochroid
okubo
Omaha Beach
opposite-field
Oxytropis subfalcata
pen-canceled
phenotypical reversion
Piove di Sacco
radar aerial
ray parenchyma cell
ready reckoner
reble
recovery and utilization equipment
Rescriptor
respawned
river resources
segregate
spifflicate
spoon stern
stage costume
suicide booth
superdetectives
sylvester stallone
Tatsuno
three-point landings
to be taken aback
top undesired event
trouping
two-terminal pair network
undeferrable
unpastor
unsafe file
uterine malformation
varnish base
vectormatrix
vestibular membrane of Reissner
warning call
water absorptive hair
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