美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-09
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. In Utah, crews get closer to six trapped coal miners. They have now drilled within 1,000 feet of where the men are believed to be, hoping to get them food and air. The mine's owner says it may take two days to reach the trapped men. They've been there now for two days since the cave-in.
2. Divers 1 from the navy and FBI join the search for bodies in Minneapolis where a highway bridge collapsed 3. Officials believe wreckage 4 is trapping bodies. Forensic 5 divers want to figure out why the bridge fell more than 60 feet into the Mississippi River.
3. A New York company is indicted 6 in the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse 2 in Boston. Powers Fasteners made the epoxy that prosecutors 7 say is to blame for the accident which sent concrete panels raining down on a motorist, killing 8 her.
4. Macey, the Great Dane, was expecting four puppies. But to the shock of her owners, Macey gave birth to fifteen puppies, enduring 20 hours of labor 9. The dog's owners want to keep one, giving the other fourteen away.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. forensic: adj
relating to the scientific methods used for finding out about a crime
2. epoxy: noun
环氧树脂
3. be to blame for:
used to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad
4. Great Dane: noun
a very large short-haired dog(大丹犬)
5. labor: [singular, U]
the process of giving birth to a baby
2. Divers 1 from the navy and FBI join the search for bodies in Minneapolis where a highway bridge collapsed 3. Officials believe wreckage 4 is trapping bodies. Forensic 5 divers want to figure out why the bridge fell more than 60 feet into the Mississippi River.
3. A New York company is indicted 6 in the fatal Big Dig tunnel collapse 2 in Boston. Powers Fasteners made the epoxy that prosecutors 7 say is to blame for the accident which sent concrete panels raining down on a motorist, killing 8 her.
4. Macey, the Great Dane, was expecting four puppies. But to the shock of her owners, Macey gave birth to fifteen puppies, enduring 20 hours of labor 9. The dog's owners want to keep one, giving the other fourteen away.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. forensic: adj
relating to the scientific methods used for finding out about a crime
2. epoxy: noun
环氧树脂
3. be to blame for:
used to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad
4. Great Dane: noun
a very large short-haired dog(大丹犬)
5. labor: [singular, U]
the process of giving birth to a baby
adj.不同的；种种的
- He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
- Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
adj.倒塌的
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
adj.法庭的，雄辩的
- The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
- The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。