时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:cnn2009年(十二)月


英语课

Fridays are awesome 1, even when it is our last one of this semester. I am Carl Azuz, and you are tuned 2 in the CNN Student News. First up today, a quick check of our headlines.


Strike is off, the judge says plans for a walkout by a British Airway's Cabin Crew cannot happen. As we reported yesterday, this strike which would have last through the holidays could have effected a million passengers’ holiday travel plans. But the judge has blocked it from happening. Now the airline says it hopes the Cabin Crews Labor 3 Union would take some time to think about its next steps. The union representatives say this dispute is not over and unless the two sides can come to a solution, they could vote to strike again, but after Christmas.


Running out of time, the warning from Secretary of State Hilary Clinton yesterday to the attendees at a global climate conference. This meeting is being aimed at coming up with a climate change agreement. The critics say that as of Thursday, there had been little if any progress. The talks seem to hit a sort of standstill yesterday, leaving the chances of making a deal before the summit ends today in question. To get the latest on whether or not they did make that agreement, head to CNN.com and that is also where you can check up on the debate over healthcare reform.


Right now, the debate is fierce, the version of the bill being considered by the US Senate is getting criticism from Republicans, Democrats 4 and even an important labor group. President Obama is urging Senators to accept the compromise and pass it. But even if they do, it would still have to be combined with the House version and then both the House and Senate would have to approve that final bill.



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 tuned
adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
  • The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味,老少皆宜。
  • The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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学英语单词
a blumpkin
accession rate of employment
adaptive metallurgy
aitt
amorin
antidive
antioxidant effect
argus pheasant
atmospheric static condition
basilicon
binding-arbitration
Bohmansson's test
bowelsplitter
Bredebro
brown rendzina
candlenut oil
card bend
cellulose stearete
chlorotrimethylsilane
chukis
closed syllable
compulsory exercise
Coulter principle
crateral magma
crystralline body
current sensor
curricular
curry roux
danyell
dehai
delayous
diffusion of lung
direct methanol/air fuel cell
direction rectifier
dorme
double-U groove weld
El Caňón
element interleaving
enterotyphus
epideictically
external agency
fission product sail
fliper
foaming in place
gamma position
hypostyptic
in ... corner
inflation of wages
interrogation point
jacket counter
Joblock
keep good hours
koichi
lead tree
lead trithionate
letter to the world
Madau I.
Maloney
Manglietia rufibarbata
Massongex
middle-east
Mycrosporidia
N-Fur
network nitride
non-interconnected local controller
Notice of Claim for Less of or Damage to Cargo
NSMR
nyctemera adversata
opentotal
outside capital
papilloma of urethra
permit into
photogelatin process
polysphygmogram
potentially hazardous object
reciprocity transation
regiones patellaris
reseat pressure (hydraulic)
Salix amygdaloides
Scott volumeter
sediment bed
sesqui
spring kymograph
strongly-connected sequential machine
sufficient burning
superfieialis colli
task-irrelevant
teardrop balloon
tenderpreneur
thin-film passive network
tie-dyes
tuvaluans
two range winding
two-level parametric amplifier
unembezzled
variable-reluctance transducer
Veshkoma
vicenarian
violinistic
virus blockade
volstad
welding jaw