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
actual transfer rate
Agudos
air scout
antirecession
atrabilious temperament
battle of Verdun
Bini Erda
burst keying pulse
caltech intermediate form
cara
carnaps
catholicon
celebritized
chain relays
charging clause
chemical magnetization
Clapeyron-Clausius' equation
cochlear portion of vestibulo-cochlear nerve
condyloma acuminatum in pregnancy
contribution of property
current ruler
customs number
cyclic ethers
ddw
Ditaven
ERDC
fuel hose
garlicky
gidday
gill rakers
goldpieces
grave dancing
guard mounting
Haut-Congo, Prov.
hexides
hyphenation program
indirect exchange
input/output channel bus
instrumental effect
Interatominstrument
ipat
ivy-grown
juet
laryngeal rale
LDL receptor
leapfrog position
leonardite
list deletion
love lyrics
malaysian national dance group
Malit
medium density wood chipboard
mefs
menthocamphorate
metal carbyne
mnemom
musoun
MXPHR
Nawāshahr
non attachment disease
Novokhopërskiy
oceanic whitetip shark
odoriferousness
PGDM
picture format item
postillion
powder-bed
primness
prosthesis replacement
PURATE
Reupiron
Ryukyuan
Sakal
sales-person
San Basilio
Santa Marinella
Shajiang
sharp-eyeds
side whiskers
single sign - on
siphon rainfall recorder
sliding value
smart as a new pin
SNSS (senior nuclear shift supervisor)
socializing
split-second operating lever spring
st. john rivers
subsidiary production specialization
Svecha
temporary position
tender-footed
test program testing routine
thixotrometer
torpedo depot
transverse sleeper
Trevi Fountain
Ukrainianised
ultrasonographic
universal xenon curve
unpunisht
Wawota
Weymouth and Portland