时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课

1. Ice and snow are making for treacherous 1 travel this holiday weekend. Power is out to thousands of homes in the Midwest. At least five people have died from pileups in several states.


2. In an early morning tragedy, fire destroyed a Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida. No one was injured.The flames lit up the sky. The sanctuary 2 burned to the ground, but the gymnasium was spared. Church officials say that is where they will hold Christmas services. An investigation 3 is underway.


3. Roger Clemens is again denying he ever used steroids or injected anything into his body. The all-star pitcher 4 posted a video on his website and Youtube. His name was prominent in the Mitchell Report that detailed 5 baseball players' steroid use. Clemens says he plans to answer questions about allegations in the future.


4. Santa Claus is getting an early start to Christmas. He is greeting boys and girls at his home in Finland. The North Pole is too busy for guests at this time of year. Tomorrow night, Saint Nicolas will be off on his sleigh, delivering toys to children worldwide.



1 treacherous
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的
  • The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
  • The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
2 sanctuary
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
  • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
  • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 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。
5 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
学英语单词
a rift in the lute
AADGB
absorbing nucleus
after-culture
aligner proximity type
archaeohyracid
attractive wave
basic wage
basturma
berken
birrova
Borrelia vincentii
carburation by spraying
characteristic underload
charybdis hellerii
Chian turpentine
choking feeling
co-localization
cobalt carbide
collateral ligament
combiner circuit
cracking tar
crime report
cross striation
cyanurate
debit policy
dessous
dictis striatipes
divider resistance
dressing agent
elevator pitch
ENG
field trial
figurine
filtrum ventriculi
final operation configuration (foc)
fiscal discretionary power
fission-product stripper
forebear
Gago Coutinho
hypostigmatic cell
international calls
iovino
Jackson syndrome
Koonungidae
lactuca sativa capitatas
laugh fit to kill
luminance uniformity
major repair depreciation rate
malignments
marine mammal
medium emery powder
Middle-Ordovician
minor writer
Ndikiniméki
near-field microscopy
needle book
nominee buyer
notrepudiation
octa-core
off site dose
oxasilolane
paghant
Philippics
pole transport truck
prioritarianism
proportional counter
pulvis effervescens compositus
pump discharge control valve
pyrogallol monoacetate
radium-C''
rater training
ray tracing formulas
reclusiarches
rhombohedral hemihedry
runway arrangement
safety band
safety of flight
saltz
serializable schedule
sigmoidosigmoidostomy
sleekens
sparing effect
spina dorsalis
subglossitis
subhierarchies
subornee
suit someone as a saddle suits a sow
sunblazer (solar probe)
tensile strength of wire
Test and County Cricket Board
the joke is on sb
thread-lace
twilight blindess
unsymmetric bending
wait macro-instruction
warm-temperature zone
weed remover
whipstalk
wine-pot
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