美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-08
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. NASA says it will review psychological training after astronaut Lisa Nowak's arrest. She's accused of trying to kill another woman in a romantic dispute. She was charged with attempted murder in Florida. On Wednesday, Nowak returned to Texas from Florida and received a medical assessment 1 at the Johnson Space Center.
2. A US military helicopter has gone down northwest of Baghdad with Sunni insurgents 2 tied to Al-Qaeda claiming responsibility. All seven aboard the Marine 3 Sea Knight 4 Chopper were killed.
3. Another letter bomb in Great Britain. This time at a vehicle licensing 5 agency injuring three. It's the third bomb to injure workers in three days, all at offices tied to traffic regulations.
4. A massive fire destroys warehouses 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee and injures three firefighters. The blaze sent flames and smoke spiraling into the sky over downtown Knoxville, raining down embers.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. spiral: verb
If something spirals or is spiraled somewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve.
2. ember: n-count
The ember of a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning.
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
- A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
- A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句
- The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
- Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。