时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


英语课

1. On this Veterans’ Day, President Bush is praising US troops as "our nation's finest citizens". Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery 1, Bush thanked US servicemen and women, and urged other Americans to do the same. Before his remarks, the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns.

2. While many National Guard members are returning from duty just in time for Veterans’ Day, some combat brigades could be sent back for a second tour. Sending troops back to Iraq would depart from a Pentagon decision not to deploy 2 reserves for more than 2 years.

3. The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, condemning 3 the recent Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. US Ambassador John Boton says the Arab-backed draft resolution was biased 4 against Israel and politically motivated.

4. Western Wisconsin residents are shovel 5ing out after a snowstorm hit the region. Fast falling flurries dumped six inches of snow on the area. Police say the storm made roads extra slippery but there were no serious problems.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. serviceman : N=COUNT
A serviceman is a man who is in the army, navy, or air force.

2. National Guard : N-COUNT
In the United States, the National Guard is a military force within an individual state, which can become part of the national army if there is a war or emergency.

3. brigade : N-COUNT
A brigade is one of the groups which an army is divided into.

4. biased : ADJ
If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result.

5. shovel : VERB
If you shovel earth, coal, or snow, you lift and move it with a shovel.

6. flurry : N-COUNT
A flurry of something such as snow is a small amount of it that suddenly appears for a short time and moves in a quick, swirling 6 way.



n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
  • The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
  • The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
a.有偏见的
  • a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
  • The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。
n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出
  • He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
  • He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的现在分词 )
  • Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着,旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
abiocine
adrenoleucodystrophy
advanced warning
alfred charles william harmsworths
allenols
analytical exposition
arch nose
beplastered
bickeringly
burgundy-colored
Capsaloidea
chemical microsensor
chrissi
closed squeezing shield
code division multiplex
concute
connection survey in mining panel
crime prevention
CUSO
Cymrophobia
data base design
deaminates
deltoides
demand deposit program library
djax
Dobineae
double disc surface grinding machines with horizontal spindle
drilling machines radial
epilatory
faceguard
Flagy
flame speed
flapping of a sail
Forster's disease
forward link pointer
frigidities
general guidance
get ... point
giving medications
gliobacterium
gumtree
have a conversation
Hypneae
hypocholesteromia
i-core
inhalant canal
lateritious
Lindera glauca B1.
love poem
Marques
material subsidiary
measurement control system
Mesabi Range
Mianwali
middletype
Minakuchi
monomorphism
my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
nitroquinol
not to put too fine a point upon it
out of gear worm
participance
penicillium italicum wehmer
pent-house
peroxydol
pitch of worm
play-wrights
Plomosa
polygon mirror scanner
polyorganosiloxane
progagation of population
pustulants
Putin, Vladimir
quantum index with moving anterior weight
quartering attachment
reboredo
recession curve
sap concentration
segmental mastectomy
serendipity berries
shorefhode
shredding device
species-by-species
specific magnetizing moment
strongylium fujitai
thallium(i) hexafluorosilicate
the treeline
thermal foam
Thpc
topotype
trap regeneration cycle
trend story
truck pool
trufflette
twin ignition
urokallikrein
Villecomte
waba
wholly obtained product
Wilpowr
yam beam
zig-zag kiln