时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月


英语课

1. Senator John McCain takes to the stage in St.Paul, Minnesota tonight, accepting the Republican Party nomination 1 for president. He is expected to discuss his military service and differences with Democratic rival Barack Obama.


2. The Atlantic Coast is bracing 2 for a potential hurricane double punch. Hanna is expected to arrive on the Carolina coast this weekend. Behind it, more powerful Hurricane Ike could pose a threat. The storms have authorities in Florida keeping people out of the water because of rip currents.


3. Mayor of Detroit is going to jail and will serve five years of probation 3 all for lying under oath in a sex scandal involving him and his top aide. Kwame Kilpatrick will pay a million dollars in restitution 4 and lose his law license 5.


4. Some rare footage of Marilyn Monroe from 1959 shooting the movie "Some Like It Hot" discovered in Australia. The 2.5 minutes of footage will be auctioned 6 off later this month.


WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online


1. restitution:  n.
formal  the act of giving back something that was lost or stolen to its owner, or of paying for damage.


 



n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
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.缓刑(期),(以观后效的)察看;试用(期)
  • The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱,而且将他缓刑察看一年。
  • His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后,他的工资增加了800元。
n.赔偿;恢复原状
  • It's only fair that those who do the damage should make restitution.损坏东西的人应负责赔偿,这是再公平不过的了。
  • The victims are demanding full restitution.受害人要求全额赔偿。
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )
  • It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉,心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a'level
A-V sequential pacemaker
aspidistras
asymptotic dimension
athort
automatic shuttle change loom
bedrizzles
Betty Martin
bilateral slit
boletellus ananas
Boschniakia
breakdown of refrigerator
calciotantalite
calmonal
camp-ground
chirotopic
cold cereals
color coded
computer integrated
convergent adaptation
cosners
cubisme
data reuse
daylight changing
degradation model
diaphanic
Dionean
echinaceine
ehrlichioses
englobed
entrepreneurial politics
equilibrium high elasticity
garboes
graphetic
gruelling,grueling
heimatmuseum
high specific speed pump
highlite
housing shoulder
Hwangguto
ignorantia juris non excusat
irritation test
keeps cool
Kepler parabola flight
kingdom animalias
knife edge contact width
lace monitors
lanon
laugh oneself into fits
lecce
legislative reform
low-productions
low-registers
m. teres major
mapping pen
Marisópolis
mathcore
mean interitem correlation
mousefishes
MPR II
net carbon consumption
NF6
nonretailing
optimum tariff
Orange Revolution
orthopedic disorders
Paganzo
peak arc voltage
pediatric cardiologist
phanerochaete filamentosa
pidgin English
power transmission sequence
pseudo-flat
psychological security
pulexes
pulp water
put sb on his best behavior
rock wast
salzer
sapir-whorf
secretory canal
self-editor
self-propelled tethered system
sequence-of-use principle
single canvas front mounted binder
slow wave structure
spherical seat
stadium maniacale
steel bar header
suaeda maritima
subordinate crop
subreactions
synclastic curvature
t.q.m.
tap for English standard thread
train control relay
UHBT
undisclosed reserve
uneven temperature distribution
unflown
Vicker's hardness
Wisconsin protocol