时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课
1. Britain's anti-terror police chief says two car bombs found in central London are clearly linked. The first vehicle packed with gasoline, propane and nails was discovered this morning in the city's bustling 2 nightclub and theater district. Hours later, a second car bomb was found nearby.

2. In Iraq, American and Iraqi security forces now control about half of Baghdad but the capital is no less deadly. The US military says five troops died yesterday in what's described as a sophisticated insurgent 3 attack. Seven soldiers were hurt in the bomb, shooting and grenade attack.

3. A Wikipedia user admits to editing Chris Benoit's online profile early Monday to say the pro 1 wrestler's wife was dead.The posting was made some fourteen hours before authorities found the bodies of Benoit, his wife and son. The poster says it's a terrible coincidence.

4. After six months of hype, thousands of people finally get their hands on the iPhone. Customers camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation waiting for the new cell phone to go on sale today at 6:00 P.M. in each time zone.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

金山词霸:
1. propane: n. [化]丙烷

2. bustling: adj. 熙熙攘攘的, 忙乱的

3. sophisticated: Very complex or complicated:非常复杂精密或尖瑞的:

4. grenade: n. 手榴弹

5. profile: n. 简介;个性及生平的简要描述

6. hype: n. ,大肆宣传,大做广告


n.赞成,赞成的意见,赞成者
  • The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
  • Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军?
adj.喧闹的
  • The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
  • This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
adj.叛乱的,起事的;n.叛乱分子
  • Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说,他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
  • The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
学英语单词
a baller
acetate fiber
all-round skilled labor
anecdotes
Aqilonian
architectural terra-cotta
asuridia kishidai
bank-robber
Berchogur
boxcar figures
bregirdil
C. H.
Callendar, Hugh
carry into effect/practice
chenhansa
cicatrix keratoses
circumference mode
clbuttic
comes through
Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka
Coupar Angus
dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
demetin
design ratio
difford
dismultation
drift load
economics of urban land
eger (cheb)
electrotherapeutics
environmental quality assessment
excression
extracorticospinal tract
fifty-million
flocculus
fried ox tongue
gang-days
geranium tripartitum r. kunth
goods of first order
graded down
Gtucocorticoid
Hammadiye
hemihypertrophies
hojo
holocellulose
horn bowsprit
idioadaptive evolution
infallible
interfirm
intermediate freight
iron screw
isoadrenaline
jubilating
kissell
lagging phase angle
lig.
Luisia filiformis
lunatic so found by inquisition
mean lateness
memory-mapped file
mental science
microbial
miscegenates
mouht
Mus.B.
National Economic Commission
natural background analysis
nested subroutine
new physics
non-procedural language
nondelinquents
nonrandom structure
Osci
parallel field
photosensitise
polar coordinate paper
popillia quadriguttata
purified oil service tank
quakeproof
reflatten
restraint upon anticipatin
route selection of heat-supply network
satellite-buoy communication
Selden, John
Senecan stage
slip detector
smudgily
sodium 4-amino-2-aurothiosalicylate
solar thermal pump
subdistricts
Tel-E-Ject
test splice
thymotinic acid
transient repression
tRNA
twisted stomach worm
ultrasound pattern
viasa
voice-response
warsler
WiMedia
wing tip rake