时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2016年12月


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First up today on CNN STUDENT NEWS: the passing of an historic American. John Herschel Glenn Jr. popularly known as John Glenn died yesterday at the age of 95. A large part of his life was spent in the air. Glenn flew 149 combat missions in World War II and the Korean War.


He became a national hero, was one of America's first astronauts. And in 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. He reportedly wasn't allowed on the moon mission, though, because President John F. Kennedy said he'd become too valuable as a national figure to go on the flight.


On the ground, Glenn served in politics. He was U.S. Democratic senator representing Ohio for 24 years. He tried but failed early in his quest for the presidency 1 in 1984, but 14 years after that, Glenn returned to the sky at the age of 77, becoming the oldest person to fly into space.


AZUZ: Every year since 1927, U.S. publication "TIME" Magazine has named a Person of the Year, someone its editors say had the, quote, "greatest influence, for better or worse on the events of the year.


Most U.S. presidents have been named since the tradition started. So as some other prominent world leaders, from the widely popular, to the highly controversial, movers and shakers, doctors who helped Ebola victims, protesters and popes have all received the title. And this week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump 2 was named "TIME's" Person of the Year.


The magazine's editor called the choice one of the more straightforward 3 ones. She described Mr. Trump's appeal as, quote, "part hope, part snarl 4."


She said he framed tomorrow's political culture by demolishing 5 yesterday's, and said 2017 would bring in the chance to fulfill 6 promises and defy expectations like all newly elected leaders.



1 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
2 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
3 straightforward
adj.正直的,坦率的;易懂的,简单的
  • A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
  • I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。
4 snarl
v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮
  • At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
  • The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。
5 demolishing
v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
  • Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句
6 fulfill
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
  • If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
  • This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
学英语单词
acidism
aerostatical
ammonium hyposulfite
antidementia
attenuated total refraction
aural critical band
basal cover(age)
basket bottom
bass ackwards
bayeaux lace
benting time
Beresh
bird's-eye spot
boed
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bound circulation
boy juice
broncotosil
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conioscinella formosa
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coplanarity error
cum-rights
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dandying
desublimating
distance between grinding wheels
dudesses
Edinger's nuclei
electric portable lamp
electrical heating method
Euonymus giraldii
fashioning
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Fentanest
fluke palm
formational geology
gastrosoph
genus Bulnesia
give up for lost
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health work
heavy soil
herbicolous
hiddenmost
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impatiens apalophylla hook.f
intermediate rinsing
K7
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kimara
leg of a triangle
lexicographists
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lucumone
male-patterned baldnesses
maximum production
Maxwell's theorem
microtesla
miniplate
monkeyjack
mont-cenis process
newsstands
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numinal
oligo-dT
paraboloidal reflector
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peronospora brassicae
perturbative function
phrenic nucleus
porridgelike
puzzle one's wits
quarrel with sb over sth
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Regnéville
removable wind crank
replenisher
riprap protection
salt tolerant bacteria
San Gabriel
schygge
shock resist
significance of selling activities for consumer preference
small hourss
Subbiano
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taxi procedure
theveside
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transporting tractor
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turbo unit
unweighed
voltaic irritability
waste solidification system
well-flared bow
ypad
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