美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-06
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. "I struggle every day with this disease." Representative Patrick Kennedy said on Friday he will enter rehab for addiction 1 to prescription 2 pain medication after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol.
2. CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly after only 20 months at the helm of a spy agency still reeling from intelligence failures. President Bush accepted Goss' resignation with nothing but praise.
3. A second autopsy 3 found a 14-year-old Florida boy died because he was suffocate 4d by guards who roughed him up at a juvenile 6 boot camp. A medical examiner says Martin Anderson died because guards blocked his mouth and forced him to inhale 7 ammonia fumes 8.
4. She is only 16, but she may be one of the best female golfers out there. And now she gets to play with the men. Teenage prodigy 9 Michelle Wie made her first cut in a professional men's golf tournament in South Korea
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rehab :noun [U] informal
the process of helping 10 someone to stop taking drugs or alcohol
e.g. She's just finished four months of rehab.
2. at the helm
officially controlling an organization or company
e.g. We have a new prime minister at the helm.
3. reel :verb
to be confused or shocked by a situation
reel from
e.g. The party is still reeling from its recent election defeat.
4. suffocate :verb [I or T]
to (cause someone to) die because of a lack of oxygen
e.g. The report said that the victims had suffocated 5 in the fumes.
5. rough sb up :verb [M] informal
to hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them
e.g. As soon as they left, the agents went after them and roughed them up.
6. juvenile :adjective formal or legal
relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult
7. boot camp :
a place for young criminals, which is used instead of prison, and is similar to a place where soldiers are trained
8. ammonianoun [U]氨, 氨水
a gas with a strong unpleasant smell used in making explosives, fertilizers (= substances which help plants grow) and some cleaning products
9. prodigy :noun [C]
someone with a very great ability which usually shows itself when that person is a young child
e.g. The 16-year-old tennis prodigy is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals.
10. get to do something : informal
to have the opportunity to do something
e.g. We got to meet all the stars after the show.
She gets to travel all over the place with her job
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
- The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
- The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。
- They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
- A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。
- If you shut all the windows,I will suffocate.如果你把窗户全部关起来，我就会闷死。
- The stale air made us suffocate.浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
- Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
- I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。
- For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
- Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
- Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
- They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。
- The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
- Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。
- She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
- He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。