时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2013年(二)月


英语课

 Hi, I'm Carl Azuz, you know we think Fridays are awesome 1, but for the 4229 people aboard the "Carnival 2 Triumph" cruise ship. This Friday, probably seems especially awesome cause hopefully by now they are all off that ship. On Sunday, the ship lost power in the Gulf 3 of Mexico after a fire in the engine room. Tugboats eventually came out to help pull the Trumiph in the port in Mobile, Alabama. But that's been very very slow,and when the passengers finally get off the ship, their nightmare may not be over. One doctor said conditions on board after the fire made the ship a floating petri dish, if that sounds kind of gross, that's his point.


No power means the toilets stop working. Raw sewage can be a major health risk, and we've heard of reports about sloshing across the floors and running down the walls. No power means food starts rotting, spoiled food can lead to E.coli or Salmonella, there haven't been any reports of any kind of outbreak on the ship, but the doctor says a full-blown infection might not show up for a couple of weeks.
So would you consider cruising again after going through something like this? On our facebook page, Mason said, "Sure, that was just one very unlucky cruise." Joseph and Unique both said, "No way." Reese would consider taking another cruise, but not for a very long time." And Kora's opinion, "If it happens again, it would definitely be something to tell your grandkids."
Remember a week or so ago when we talked about an asteroid 4 that would fly by the earth, today is the day, scientists are sure it won't hit anything down here. But what about up there?
"This is 70,000 miles away, now if you're watching a dish or Direct TV, your satellite is 22,000 miles away, so yes there are some earth satellites here around the ring. The Moon is far away, the Moon is ten times farther away than what this thing is going to fly through our geosynchronous earth orbit. So, is there a chance of it hitting something? Yes."
A chance, sure, but it's not too likely, one analyst 5 said, other objects pass through the same area every day, they don't cause any problems. This asteroid is a lot bigger than those, but that also means it's easier to keep track of, so scientists have a better idea of what it will or more likely will not hit.

1 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
2 carnival
n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演
  • I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
  • Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。
3 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
4 asteroid
n.小行星;海盘车(动物)
  • Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
  • It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小,但这样的危险还是存在的。
5 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
学英语单词
Abstatt
Appalachian Americans
apparent speed
bacterial deterioration
batching sphere
Bouyei
brittle fracture resistance
carried of dry goods
cash pile
cattle inventory cycle
change set
chemical reagent
chevettes
compound cirque
compulsory service system
corporation seal
crossed detection technique
cut-section of a track circuit
decleor
devolatilisations
difluoroethanes
DNA-RNA hybridization
dogholes
Donja Lendava
Duchenne's trocar
dynamooil
El Mamón
electrically controlled regulation
emotional needs
endorachis
equilibrium ratio
escape sequences
faint from
fast sweep racon
financial impact
first-pole-of-clear factor
footbridge
gangway ladder
genus phalluss
giganturids
ginormous
glassformer
graph papers
grethen
half-chair conformation
high-density focal plane array (hdfpa)
hopkinses
hoxes
inferior products
intermediary
interosseous metacarpal ligament
iris xiphiums
knowperts
Langport
level of similarity
longevity quotient
malheureusement
mcnatt
memons
model farm
monkey with
monthly financial statement
muco
Murray friction draft gear
nauseating gas
negotiable papers
not always
numerical orientation
onycho-
optional priority
ottava rimas
out of sequence
Pasuquin
pay the piper
Philip Warren Anderson
Phyllostachys praecox
Podgrađe
power dip
preon
proposal for insurance
psychoanalysable
pulpit spectacles
Schneiderian membranes
sexual
shocks
space model
summit
survey unit
symmetry operation of the second kind
tangible personal property
the peacemaker
thermorytic
three point plug
Torymidae
transfer of paten
transmission experiment
union contract
unreducible expression
upper respiratory
urinary cachexia
wishy-washiest
zero lift angle of attack