时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月


英语课

 1. Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling 1 has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist 2 comments he made in a recorded conversation. NBA commissioner 3, Adam Silver, says he is also fining Sterling 2.5 million dollars and will try to force him to sell the team.


 
2. A FedEx employee opened fire at a package sorting centre near Atlanta, wounding 6 people before apparently 4 committing suicide. Witnesses say he had ammunitions draped across his chest like “Rambo”. Three of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition. 
 
3. Pro-Russian protesters have taken control of a government building in one of the largest cities in eastern Ukraine. Tuesday’s actions further raise tensions in the region where, in at least 10 cities, insurgents 5 have seized city halls, police stations and other government buildings.
 
4. And the south is bracing 6 for yet another round potentially deadly weather Tuesday after more than 30 people were killed in a two-day outbreak of twisters and violent weather. Journalists filmed this large tornado 7 tearing through Tupelo, Mississippi, one of the hardest hit areas.

adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑)
  • Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率?
  • Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺,这有助于减轻通胀压力。
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • 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
adj.令人振奋的
  • The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
  • The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
学英语单词
a. auricularis profunda
aerily
All men can't be first.
arbitrary selection
ASTMS
bank-loan
buttress brace
cadi
califon
carbopenems
causeway head
cerevisious
Chinese
concrete scaling
cotrubas
crustal horizontal displacement
cymographic
demarce
desmopressins
digestive function butter
distance measuring gate
downpourings
electrical aluminium wire
epitron
erams (environmental radiation ambient monitoring system)
eubasilissa regina
export-import operation
famsi
farhats
fayard
four-race roller bearing
framward
gjallarhorn
gothicise
gouch off
gray jay
Hallasan
Heterospathe
hydrosonographic
iling
in-core instrumentation (system)
irreversible heat cycle
jrn
latrotta
lily-whiteness
logicised
macroassembler support
marvel at
mensiso
molybdenum(iii) oxychloride
mutton
Newton meter
non-ornamental
nutrilit
Oberburg
onerousness
optimum allocation problem
overall system
overshared
partial symmetry operation
petroleum exploration geochemistry
pexelizumab
phycomycetosis
phylloquinone oxide
pinch attachment band
Pioneer Fracture Zone
plasticity mechanism
polyserial
post-haste
precoid
premium grade gasoline
programming device
progression forming
Psiloschizosporis
punche
Quercus robur
radar climatology
reeked
reformed fishplate
relining of brakes
river salmon
salcoclorin
salicylamine
sampler space
seismic seiche
self-measuring tank
serpulids
shrink-wrapper
sign-up
sources with memory
split-second lever spring
stabilizer feed pump
steering pinion
sterro-metal
synchrocontrol
tide-free
Timmanah
uranometrical survey
vacuum curve
vasomotor nerve
VCRs