时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月


英语课

1. President Barack Obama is telling Congress it’s time to stop bickering 1 and pass health care reform. Obama received several standing 2 ovations 3 from his own party during the prime time address. But at one point, Republican Joe Wilson of South Carolina yelled out “You lie! ” during the president's speech. Wilson later called the White House to apologize for the outburst.


 2. Police say a Bolivian religious fanatic 4 hijacked 5 a jetliner as it landed in Mexico City Wednesday. Authorities say the Bible-carrying hijacker 6 used a juice can to hold 103 passengers and crew on the tarmac for more than an hour. They were all released unharmed.


 3. (The) founder 7 of Apple Steve Jobs took to the stage for the first time since his liver transplant to launch his new iPod nano. Looking thin and speaking quietly, the 54-year-old CEO also urged everyone to become organ donors 8.


 4. Ellen DeGeneres has danced her way into a new gig. Fox announced Wednesday the talk show host would be the fourth judge on American Idol 9 come January. This comes about a month after the original judge Paula Abdul quit the show.



v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.热烈欢迎( ovation的名词复数 )
  • Everywhere they appeared there were ovations. 他们出现在哪儿,哪儿就是一片欢呼声。 来自辞典例句
  • There were notable standing ovations for the Iraqi and the Palestinian teams. 而且引人注目的是,伊拉克和巴勒斯坦代表团还受到了持久的掌声欢迎。 来自互联网
n.狂热者,入迷者;adj.狂热入迷的
  • Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
  • I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子,但我是基督徒。
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
n.拦路抢劫者
  • We needed a credibIe hijacker who knew the pIane. 也需要一个懂飞机的让人相信的劫机犯。
  • I've never heard of a hijacker Ietting passengers deboard before. 以前也从没听说过有劫机犯让乘客离开。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
学英语单词
a he or a she
a running battle
ajutage
all-stock
amigoes
ask for the loan of
axial
bahianite
basket oak
be doormat s under someone's feet
bead-and-quirk
BPCE
centripetal current
charge for reserves employees
classified by type of construction activity
cochairs
cross-grained
cumulative absorbed dose
deazaflavins
dehimidifier
delay-line register
devil rays
dial-back trunk
disjunctive area
DMCL
double planking
dynamics of circulation system
earned point
edge rounding
enologists
falco peregrinus calidus
febrifacient
Ferroludwigite
fore line
foretaste
frame flyback
g?ksu nehri
genus Echium
geometrographic
grossings
harness clip
heading sensitivity
homo-sexual
hooklet of echinococcus
Hotham Inlet
imagos
least cost input
light casing
Lignac
locustarian
Lung Phinh
medulloculture
metascutellum
nicor
Nivala
not fat solid
odd-particle isomerism
on the hook for
order amoebidas
orphandoms
peste des petits ruminants
photocycloreversions
practicing system engineer
promachus anicius
pteris angustipinna
quartersawn grain
quasi-realistic
redisplayed
reloads
reteable property
reversible gel
robe
Roederer
rotary drill boring
salgadoes
saurage
Scotlander
secondary radar beacon
self-refreshed dynamic memory
Serramide
side container crane
silicristin
sodium urokon
split an infinitive
STD ATM (standard atmosphere)
stox
supporting strategies
suspension pipe line
ta hsing
Taquaralzinho
taxes and corvee
third party interest
thyrohyoid arch
to drill
torch lily
travelling cable crane
ultracrepidate
unbuttonings
variolic
VFDF
vitamin A aldehyde
wailes