时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)


英语课

1. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting in Ohio. There, he calls on Congress to enact 1 a new job-creation bill, and he demands that include tax breaks for small businesses hiring and for people who make their homes more energy efficient.


2. Eighty-four-year-old Haitian woman has been pulled alive from the rubble 2 ten days after Haiti's killer 3 earthquake. But the doctor says she may not survive. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Haitians are fleeing their quake-ravaged capital. Haiti's government is promising 4 to move others into tent cities.


3. Opening arguments are under way in the trial of a man accused of killing 5 an abortion 6 doctor in Kansas. Scott Roeder is charged with premeditated first-degree murder.


4. The airliner 7 that ended up in the Hudson River has landed again, this time, on the auction 8 blog. An insurance firm is putting the Airbus A320 up for sale online. It describes the plane, minus its two engines, as having severe water damage.

 



1 enact
vt.制定(法律);上演,扮演
  • The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
  • For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
2 rubble
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾
  • After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后,花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
  • After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
3 killer
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
4 promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
5 killing
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。
6 abortion
n.流产,堕胎
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
7 airliner
n.客机,班机
  • The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
  • The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。
8 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
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