美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-03
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Authorities in New York say they've disrupted a terror plot that could have caused unthinkable devastation 1. Three people are under arrest with investigators 2 looking for a fourth. The plot targeted the pipeline 3 network feeding jet fuel to Kennedy Airport and never got passed the planning stages.
2. Protestors clashed with police in Germany ahead of next week's G8 summit. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Rostock, but the event turned violent when masked protestors began throwing rocks and beer bottles. Police responded with the water cannon 4 and tear gas.
3. Barry weakened to a tropical depression as it came ashore 5 in Florida, cancelling all storm warnings and watches along the Gulf 6 Coast. The area is getting rain, but probably not enough to end the severe drought.
4. Off the coast of Rhode Island, this catch, a female lobster 7 that's part brown, part orange. The extremely rare coloring means this crustacean 8 isn't headed for the dinner table, but in an aquarium 9 for all to see.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
disrupt: VERB V n
If someone or something disrupts an event, system, or process, they cause difficulties that prevent it from continuing or operating in a normal way.
devastation: N-UNCOUNT
Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
depression: N-COUNT
A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.
crustacean: N-COUNT
A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs 10, lobsters 11, and shrimps 12 are crustaceans 13.
aquarium : N-COUNT
An aquarium is a building, often in a zoo, where fish and underwater animals are kept.
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
- A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
- The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
- The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
- I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。
- Seafood is a valuable lobster crustacean section.名贵海珍品龙虾属甲壳科。
- The illustrious Cuvier did not perceive that a barnacle was a crustacean.大名鼎鼎的居维叶也未看出藤壶是一种甲壳动物。
- The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
- I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。
- As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
- She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她卖了几只活龙虾给我。
- Shrimps are a popular type of seafood. 小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I'm going to have shrimps for my tea. 傍晚的便餐我要吃点虾。 来自辞典例句
- These crustaceans provide a valuable food source for some fish. 这些甲壳纲动物是某些鱼类重要的食物来源。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。 来自辞典例句