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. Senate Democrats 2 are planning to pull a rare all-nighter, as they try to convince President Bush and Senate Republicans to change course in Iraq and bring troops home this fall. Michigan Democrat 1 Carl Levin says Iraqi leaders need to start leading.

2. At least 12 people are dead, 40 injured in Pakistan after a suicide bomber 3 blew himself up in the middle of a crowded political rally. The crowded gathered in Islamabad to support Pakistan suspended chief justice.

3. Decorated Vietnam War veteran and former Colorado Developer Jim Nicholson says he's resigning as chief of Veterans Affairs. And he plans to return to the private sector 4. Nicholson was the official who was forced to explain how personal data of millions of veterans and active service members was stolen.

4. Toxicology tests have revealed steroids and other prescription 5 drugs were found in the body of pro-wrestler Chris Benoit. Doctors say the level of testosterone in Benoit was high and prescription drugs were also found in the bodies of his wife and seven-year-old son.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. all-nighter: countable 6 noun [informal]
an occasion when you spend the whole night studying or doing written work in university

2. blow up:
to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion

3. suspend: transitive verb
to make someone leave their school or job for a short time, especially because they have broken the rules

4. decorate: transitive verb
to award a mark of honor to

5. toxicology: uncountable noun
the science and medical study of poisons and their effects

6. testosterone: uncountable noun
the hormone (=chemical produced by the body) in males that gives them their male qualities


n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
n.处方,开药;指示,规定
  • 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。
adj.可数的,可以计算的
  • The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
  • Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。
学英语单词
6-Methoxyhemigossypol
actinofibrils
air packing
air sparger
architectural sociology
austenitic manganese steel
bactericidal effect
bcsms
beg for quarter
bioproduct
bletia striatas
by-pass demineralizer
caramiphenium
check payable in account
check weighing
chemoattractant
condylus maxilla
conservation system
constant-velocity recording
consumer-credit register
copying layer
cropline
data channels
dbsc
dead water level
digdown
document sharing
efficient-looking
eleocharis aeicularis r.br.
ethoxychelerythrine
eurya nitida nanjenshanensis
femme fan
fine screen shaker
forepeaks
Group Policy
Hanatir
heavy howitzer
hilariously
home-electronics
hostile witness
hypodermic needles
in thecollar
inclusion body
input recording
Jinangowon
kiln hole
kiln-burning
kiln-marked brick
Lambya
lipoatrophia circumscripta
low coupon
low-frequency capacitor ceramic
Makwa L.
manager's order
Manutius, Aldus
measurement during sailing
metallic-cup rotor
Mexipedium
milligram molecule
Monophysite
New Munich
nymphos
palm-leaf
paper chains
parasitic oscillation
Perlin noise
phenolic steroid
postinoculation
pseudo-graphite
pulmonate snails
quantified
rece
reformer pretreating
riot and civil commotion
Rovereto
scapeless
signal generating station
slagowski
soil absorption
spiralist
split shorts
stonington
suets
suezs
swinesties
tactic
technical controls
thrust deduction
to and-fro ropeway
transmission ofenergy
Trimphones
unarpeggiated
underdot
underrecognizing
unit system water supply
upbound boat
Valsalva manoeuvre
volleyball court
warrenage
Where are your things
Xantocicline
xeriscapes