时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. The Reverend Ted 2 Haggard admits that he bought methamphetamine from a gay prostitute and that he got a massage 3 from him. The admission comes after Mike Jones accused him of paying for sexual encounters with him over the course of 3 years. Haggard has resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals.

2. Officials fear even more violence in Iraq Sunday because of the expected verdict in the trial of Saddam Hussein. Friday, the bodies of 56 people -- all men, were found bound at the wrists and ankles and showing signs of torture.

3. Federal investigators 4 are blaming a stiff wind for the plane crash in New York last month that killed New York Yankees pitcher 5 Cory Lidle. The NTSB says the wind blew the small plane off course and into a New York City high-rise.

4. An urban cowboy came to the rescue in New Jersey 6, lassoing a bull that escaped from a slaughterhouse and ran amuck 7 through Newark. Now the animal has been rescued. Officials say they will take the 3-year-old beast to a zoo.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Reverend: n-title
Reverend is a title used before the name or rank of an officially appointed religious leader. The abbreviation Rev 1 or Revd is also used.

2. methamphetamine: n-mass
Methamphetamine is a drug which increases people’s energy, makes them excited, and reduces their desire for food.
甲基苯丙胺:苯丙胺的一种胺衍生物,C10H 15N,以其结晶氢氯化物用作兴奋剂

3. stiff: adj.
A stiff wind is blowing quite strongly.

4. lasso: verb
If you lasso an animal, you catch it by throwing a lasso round its neck and pulling it tight.

5. ran amuck: phrase
Amok, sometimes spelled amuck and often used as “running amok,” is a Malay word which, in that language, means to be out of control.



1 rev
v.发动机旋转,加快速度
  • It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
  • Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
2 ted
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
3 massage
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据
  • He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
  • Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
4 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
6 jersey
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
7 amuck
ad.狂乱地
  • The sea ran amuck.海上风暴肆虐。
  • The scoundrels who ran amuck will be severely punished.横行无忌的歹徒将受到严惩。
学英语单词
abdoulkarim
al agudo (spain)
algaecides
amphistomes
appendical
beater-upper
brine pit(spring)
Brown, Charles Brockden
building envelope
burnt-cork
carrier's liability clause
cifax
continuous dynamical system
corrosion factor
counterdemonstrate
crined
cynoglossum officinales
davite
debit balances in suppliers' account
decyls
depth of tariff cut
didnas
discharge of ballast from cargo tank
dreampain
drighten
egglers
empowers
exhauster chamber
gaas mesfet circuit
hirokazu
hog-corn tatio
homologize
horizontal cones
hotch-kiss drive
humic compound
hydrobenzthiazide
hyperglycoplasmia
hypophosphatase
in a position to
industrial linkage
Japan Oriental Leasing Company
K-shell
landau spectrum
luigite
make a stink about
matterish
medical advices
midmembraneous
mine age
modicums
monstrum sirenoforme
Montaut
montfaucon
myrmecophytic
nitrosyl halide
off premise extension
oil pump shaft
ombudsmen
Pawaka
piezophile
pilifera
point-focused electron gun
polynomial of one indeterminate
pop-ons
prehistoric naturalized plant
production management system
pulvinulus
puya
rebb
regua (peso da regua)
replies
ring type adder
ripen fruit
rolling circle
root-running
rub sb's nose in it
scattering parameters
scissorwalk
Sedolatan
seismic joint
shifting linkages
short run die
siphre
slumber coach
stormeye
straight-billeds
Sultānwas
TCPYP
theory of decision-making
Thiazenone
transplutonium elements
transverse magnetic
undiscoloured
unintrusive research
union catalog(ue)
vacuum generator
Vaticanists
vital optimum
wet-withstand voltage
wide planting
wide-spectrum
willersey