时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


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1. At least 26 people are dead after a bus crash on a steep mountain road in France. The bus was carrying Polish pilgrims back from a holy site in the French Alps. Officials say the bus did not have a permit to drive on the winding 1 road.

2. A purported 3 Taliban spokesman has announced a 24-hour reprieve 4 for two dozen South Korean hostages in Afghanistan. The captors had threatened to kill the group today. Negotiators are discussing a possible swap 5 involving Taliban prisoners and the South Koreans.

3. It was a fight to the finish in this year's British Open, Padraig Harrington emerging victorious 6 after a four-hole play-off. Harrington beat Spain's Sergio Garcia by one stroke.

4. A Washington D.C. artist is trying to spread a little goodwill 7 on a street of the nation's capital. The work of art is a compliment machine, offering automated 8 messages to passers-by, "You stand out in a crowd." The artist hopes the random 9 compliments give people a little boost of confidence.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. pilgrim: noun
a religious person who travels a long way to a holy place

2. the Alps: noun
a range of mountains which go through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Austria.

3. purport 2: verb
to claim to be or do something, even if this is not true

4. reprieve: verb
an official order stopping the killing 10 of a prisoner as a punishment

5. swap: noun [usually singular]
a situation in which you give something to someone and get another thing in return [= exchange]

6. the British Open: noun
the most important British golf competition, which is held every year in different parts of the UK

7. hole: noun
one part of a golf course with a hole(here it means a hole in the ground that you try to get the ball into in the game of golf) at one end

8. play-off: noun
a game played to decide who will win after a previous game has ended with two teams or players having equal points
直说了,原文中的hole是特指把一个golf ball打进洞的过程,four-hole play-off就是之前双方打成平局,接下来要打的一个包括了四个这样过程的比赛,用来决定最后胜者

9. compliment: noun
a remark that shows you admire someone or something

10. automated: adj
using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people

11. boost: noun
something that gives someone more confidence, or that helps something increase, improve, or become successful


n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
n.意义,要旨,大要;v.意味著,做为...要旨,要领是...
  • Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.许多理论都标榜以单一的原因解释生长。
  • Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.她的来信可能意味着她快要到了。
adj.传说的,谣传的v.声称是…,(装得)像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )
  • the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
  • The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.暂缓执行(死刑);v.缓期执行;给…带来缓解
  • He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。
  • The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易
  • I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
  • This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
adj.胜利的,得胜的
  • We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
  • The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。
n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉
  • His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
  • We paid £10,000 for the shop,and £2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店,两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
a.自动化的
  • The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
  • Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS),作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
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。
学英语单词
A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted
a subject bibliography
a touch
acrophone
adjustable handle
air-to-ground ranging
area of restricted access
articulated robot
asdexes
athelia
average outgoing quality
beacon decay
bilodeau
bin packing problem
bring to anchor
Brouha test
brusco
cable laid rope
cadmium lamp
caespitosa
carbon sealing
cello-
center bar keel
chlorosulfonyl
coal-forming material
compliance audit report
cowpen
cross planting
crosstalk voltage
cup-electrode technique
de-heading
de-train
distance rod
Drepanophycus(Arthrostigma)
driver ed
drouge
ear speculum
electronic sky screen equipment
falfurrias
French circular frame
genus calandrinias
geometry test
give serious thought to
gloter-
grey scale
hemomyelosis
hill climbing algorithm
injury of peripheral vessels
interfacial solute adsorption
intrinsic availability
katabatic cold front
ketolic
khakiss
knee sensitivity
latanier
lolapalooza
lymphopathia
main tail
malpractices
Mary Flannery O'Connor
matie cure
microcirculation
mobile Pentium
mollusclike
mononegaviral
murrained
Nawāl, Sabkhat an
nigricans acanthosis
oneale
operating performance test
organizational buyer
Paleocathaysian
pink fritillaries
pressiometer
primocort
pro-soviets
radio frequency beam
receiving-transmitting branch equalizer
reference point
revised definition
ring for
rock weathering
secondary discharge
self-scanning diode array
semiconductor technological equipment
share of the market
simple sedimentation
standard forms
steric an omaly
subcoracoid dislocation
suction loss
superometer
swimming plate
system of geodesic coordinates
thermoelectric air-conditioning plant
titanosauroid
tooth-piece
two-circuit nuclear power plant
u.s. economic recovery tax act
us im-
venae pudendae externae
vuze