时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月


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1.Markets go on a wild ride, with the Dow going back and forth 1 between positive and negative territory all day, dropping nearly 700 points early on before closing down by more than 100 points. This has been the Dow’s worst week ever.


2.President Bush says it will take time, but the government’s financial rescue plan is big enough to steady the markets. The world’s major economists 2 are now huddling 3 in Washington, trying to thaw 4 credit markets and end the global panic.


3.Finland’s Martti Ahtisaari wins the Nobel Peace Prize, the former president of Finland hails for his peace- building efforts around the world. But some wanted Chinese human rights activists 5 singled out for their protests in Tibet.


4.In North Korea, a colorful show of mass choreography, this performance marking the 63rd anniversary of the ruling party, featuring almost 100,000 participants, many students and children, but no sign of leader Kim Jong Il , whose health has been questioned by the west.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.huddle 6 vi.


American English to sit or stand with a small group of people in order to discuss something privately:
The executive board huddled 7 to discuss the issue.


2.thaw (out) phrasal verb
if your body thaws 8 out, or if you thaw it out, it gets warmer until it is a normal temperature again
thaw something ↔ out
He held his hands in front of the fire to thaw them out.


3.single somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
to choose one person or thing from among a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others
I don't see why he should be singled out for special treatment.


4.choreography[uncountable]n.
the art of arranging how dancers should move during a performance


 



adv.向前;向外,往外
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.(使)融化,(使)变得友善;n.融化,缓和
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vi.挤作一团;蜷缩;vt.聚集;n.挤在一起的人
  • They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
  • The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
n.(足以解冻的)暖和天气( thaw的名词复数 );(敌对国家之间)关系缓和v.(气候)解冻( thaw的第三人称单数 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化
  • The sun at noon thaws the ice on the road. 中午的阳光很快把路上的冰融化了。 来自辞典例句
  • It thaws in March here. 在此地化雪的季节是三月。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
AAPMC
accessory cloud
acoustic technic
approves
Basdahl
be on the binge
blanket of glass wool
bridge coloboma
bridging visa
centropages longicornis
Chichigalpa
cimita
cloth wearing tester
compound mode
computerized acquisition system
continuous fever
countersupported
counting ratevoltage characteristic
Cyllenian
dalka
depression of cataract depression
discrete radom sequence
dressed full
eild
eloper
energy metabolism
Engler seconds
fibre grade purity
fibrointimal
flippled
foul vessel
Frictional cost
genus Verticillium
goannas
history of moral philosophy
homopolar molecule
hydraulic jet
imaginary sphere
ischiocele
keeps pace
klongs
Kodak camera
leisome
livebloggers
low back pain
Maclurites
management planning
mancinus
manteym
many-turn
media reports
methenyl triiodide
mica
Middle Carboniferous Series
minibattle
Mixed waste
modified gear pair
moing
MOSFET-only
mucho
Myzopodidae
neutral glycolipid
Niederkirchen
non-protonic solvent
nondeciduate
nonendocrine
nuria
ocean chart
oliva mustelina
oneinch
ornamental glass
parenting.com
Pill for Replenishing the Kidney-yin
porous reactor
post condition
post-tensioned cable
premate
program lock-in register
puccinia caricis-filicinae
ramtrons
ranivorous
Rhizophora stylosa
rotational mode
saturation magnetic circuit
short-eyes
sounding chart
stabilization of dam foundation
stereomutates
sterilant
summary display
tetramorphs
Trinitarianism
truck chamber kiln
tryphine
two-toer
unsuccoured
valve-seat ring tool
vcg
visual clue
volume volume set
wassock
wooden stave