时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(三)月


英语课
 

1. Towns across the Midwest are bracing 1 for more flooding. Forecasters warn many rivers in the nation's midsection could crest 2 above flood stage in the coming days. The heavy storms are already being blamed for more than a dozen deaths.


 


2. A New York City inspector 3 has been arrested for lying about checking on a construction crane that later collapsed 4. Five construction workers and a visitor in town for St. Patrick's Day were killed in last Saturday's accident.


 


3. President Bush and Super Bowl champion quarterback Eli Manning are kicking off a new initiative to get Americans in shape. It's all part of the 2008 National President's Challenge.




1 bracing
adj.令人振奋的
  • The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
  • The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
2 crest
n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
  • The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
  • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。
3 inspector
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
4 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
学英语单词
...that was...
add on security
alkaliosis
antime
arbitration notice
be bound up in fetters of
belace
break apart
capilla
cephalic lymph vessel
checkweighers
cometabolism process
compaction-pile method
compound loudspeaker
corosal
cystozooid
dropleaf table
Espotab
eudemonistic
fan favorite
fluorescence centre
foundry defect
free-standing propellant
fugler
gas-pressurized generator
Gasteropoda
giglots
have the semblance of
Heusler's magnetic alloy
history of vegetation
hole drill
homogeneous texture
hui
hybrid image processing
hypernarrative
input section
iron dust core
isobront
jeannerods
jousters
Juncus effusus L.
Klickitat R.
long term annealing
look-ahead data staging architecture
Mair
Maizar
makowsky
market street
media monopoly
metamathematical letter
mingong
monochrome transmission
monounsaturated fatty acids
mousefish
nebitdag (balkanabat)
neonatal diaper dermatitis
non sked
non-reactive resistance
nonproduction reactor fuel
nonprofit organization
nonrepugnance
nosean syenite
overconfidences
phosphoric acids
photometer head with equality of brightness prism
picture structure
Piper damiaoshanense
poly(butylene terephthalate)
Professional Disc
radar fuzing
Ramon Berenguer III
recirculating-tank
recording ship
register field address
rehandling of container
relative mortality index
retrobulbar space
rotor vent
rubber dingey
Saccharomvcescerf-visiae
seasonal weather
secondary meaning
service tool
showboat
simple type theory
sing sb.'s praises
solenoid valve for gas
Solonian
spectral luminance
spiritings
stack module
stepmotor
surehandedness
tax indexing
temporary baseline
the Kremlin
thick skin graft
tolerised
travel accommodation
unbreakable limitation
void-free fibre
wall resistivity log