时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月


英语课
1. Senator Ted 1 Kennedy is out of surgery at Duke University. His doctor says a procedure to treat his cancerous brain tumor 2 was successful. The 76-year-old now faces chemotherapy and radiation to treat the malignant 3 glioma, a lethal 4 type of brain tumor.

2. A Texas judge has placed some tight restrictions 5 on the parents of 400 children who are being allowed to return to their polygamist compound. Among other things, the parents have to allow unannounced visits from the state.


3. Neil Entwistle arrived at a Boston-area courthouse for the beginning of his murder trial under heavy security. It's been nearly two years since he was charged with killing 6 his wife and nine-month-old daughter.


4. Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip 7 and then docked at the International Space Station. It's delivering a massive lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chemotherapy: n.


Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.


2. glioma: n.【医】神经胶质瘤


A tumor originating in the neuroglia of the brain or spinal 8 cord.


3. lethal: adj.


If you describe something as lethal, you mean that it is capable of causing a lot of damage.


4. Buzz Lightyear: 巴斯光年



vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
adj.恶性的,致命的;恶意的,恶毒的
  • Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
  • He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来,不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
  • After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
  • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
学英语单词
Al Qāiyāt
alarm receiver
allowance of track irregularity
antihandling
antisites
arc furnace electrode clamp
Asperatopsophosphaera
be bushed
be of courage
bevellled pole shoe
bever
blew a gasket
Cadirkaya
carry down over
cassiquiare
CAULOPHRYNIDAE
chroma-key generator
ciras
close the stable door after the horse has been stolen
coasting body
coating contamination
coefficient E
contact contamination
cropping system and patterns
crude oil pyrolysis
cultivator planting combine
declaration shipment clause
desceit
disclosure
do the dishes
Domdaniel
economic suffering
election-times
electrostatic octupole lens
exostoses
extrophy of bladder
genus Paradoxurus
gilboy
gobus
Graecism
graphmode
hases
healthcare provider
hedge-trimmers
high temperature porcelain
HSCPU
idreaction
inertia force classifier
ion transfer
jester
keel rocker
kerwin
khilnani
leptonycteris nivalis
lucidophyll
malaria quartana
measurement of molecular property
micromyzus katoi
mulholland drive
Möhnetalsperre
neurolemmal cell
niccin'
nonergative
oil bomb
opacket-switching
organic lasers
overchorded winding
permanent volumetric expansion
perturbable
phagocytic activity
pien
poopdeck
pork pie
post-material
primes hift
programming language revision
pulp electrical test
raffle off
regenerative interlock valve
remberges
Robles La Paz
shade ring
simulated voyage
Specialization of Vessel
strontium carbonate
subdivision load waterline
tactical chunder
taking in water
the doors
threes-in-a-bed
top-stone
total perspective
traverse-shaper
two roll calender
Téréagui
urine and gaseous energy
Vimory
Whitehill
Wofatit
xciiiest
zero one integer programming