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
a nine days' wonder
alannah
alderlin
allogenetic
alumina ceramic
arnosky
ASSR,A.S.S.R.
astronaut productivity
automatic obedience
Bacillus ovisepticus
bile cyst
Bolivina
cash poor
co-crystallizing
coal pile
connector base
cosi2 high power-added efficiency
croisilles har.
cyano groups
Dammam
data loss
delivery of vessel
destructive animal
detrusion ratio
Dexromaplatin
discrete or integral variates
Ediswan wiring system
efficiency production
elective purchaser
erosus
euro-americans
ffore
Fodda, Oued
G-System
gas-to-gas heat exchanger
gastronomes
gate-drain overlap
god'n
graphite celectrode
Great Exuma
hawse
highway user's benefit
i-strangled
IkTORIVIL
impartest
indexing chart
jacol
jockey valve
laurinburg
lead silver ore
long-term frequency stability
makes no difference to
male parent line
measurement of non linear distortion
metal deactivating agent
methods of fluxions
milliarium
minor switch
minsed
model rule
multifuel fired boiler
n-tuple
neeves
novene
okiseius subtropicus
operation efficiency rate
oral-lateral
Piper's manometer
pliomerids
prebreak-in
prestress without bond
production values
pulp tester
pure holding company
Pyatigorsk
range of uses
rear fender
rider
right of territorial sea
right-hand mounted
rotary cut
sack handling
salting (-out) evaporator
sarcolactate
single slot winding
single-phase series motor
sparries
splurges
stairchairs
static wick discharger
threshold potential
topliner
tradesperson
Villacaňas
viscaria
visual feature
vivo per lei
Volvox aureus Ehrenb.
vomero-nasal organ
Wilson experiment
zebrasoma scopas
zigzaggery