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
acrothecium rubi
agricultural machinery and tractor station
algebra of sets
Andimeshk
antitapeworm drug
apeidosis
appearance-reality distinction
architectural photogrammetry
audio source
Bissel truck
bolted-lock ring
cantilever form
canvas sling elevator
cast one's shadow before
certified rate of telemetering
cheese liquid smoke
chemistry in water reuse
Chuvashi
CMC-NA
copulatory spicule
coral fungus
cricoid cartilage
crossflow resistance coefficient
defence science
defibering machine
Denjoy minimum set
dephaser
descriptory
desensitization procedure
desmodium triflorum (l.)dc.
direct contact condensation
dishing up
dodge by
duck-and-cover
dummy projectile
dyeing mechanism
electric integrator
employee's insurance fund
etisus anaglyptus
flaming arc
foam over
friction band
genital system
Geranium hispidissimum
giddify
graphical mechanics
haloalkyne
head gearbox
high lithotomy
induced power
intermediate drawing frame
ladified
language-systems
lipogrammatic
lvt
matched loading of dangerous goods
memory allotment
mental hygiene
minor overhaul
Mucosolvin
one-piecer
only for you
ornately
partial automatic checker
pigeon guillemots
plastic vaginalitis
pleural bleb
poisage
press compacting
proof of program
pump out sth
quatrumvirate
rascs
reaction-times
retention of meconium
rightly
rocklein
rolling blackouts
rosenne
screwback
sereneness
slim rocket
Socorro, I.
Spiradiclis rubescens
studyaunt
swell
system of universal election
tape reperforator
teacher interns
Thellite
three-leg type core
toll outgoing trunk circuit
truncated cuboctahedra
tubfast
undisturbed strata
Villar de Olalla
vulvoperineal
wall-pattern switchboard
whip-like
wolfsangel
yuriy
zelenin