时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)


英语课

1. World leaders gather in Canada talking about the shape of global economy and international efforts to stop future economic meltdowns. Some of the discussion could focus on an overhaul 1 of the US banking 2 system, Ok’d by Congress.


2. Officials cleaning up the Gulf 3 after that oil spill are keeping an eye on the weather. An area of low pressure off the coast of Honduras could turn into the first tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season.


3. In Connecticut, cleanup after a powerful storm that produced a rare tornado 4, packing winds of 100 miles per hour. There is destruction in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but no serious injuries.


4. This octopus 5 is going out on a limb, predicting a German win over England in the next World Cup game. Paul fished a mussel out of a glass marked a German flag. The octopus oracle 6 has proven to be reliable, correctly predicting earlier results.


 



1 overhaul
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
2 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
3 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
4 tornado
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
5 octopus
n.章鱼
  • He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
  • One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。
6 oracle
n.神谕,神谕处,预言
  • In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候,她祈祷神谕来指引她。
  • It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕,常常能预言最重要的事情。
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学英语单词
-facture
.sn
acanthostegous ovicell
accumulator description
acidophil granules
Advanced BIOS
aet.
Ahoada
Ahvenanmaa Islands
Al Fuqahā'
An Phuoc
astrometric base line
auto-reverses
automomy
basewide
blaw-knox instantizer
buying in retail business
carrying violation
Castrophile
CDAA
chrysosoma falcatum
cloverleaf head
come off
consumption of coagulation factors
copy-typist
corning
course line computer
cyanopica cyanus
Cziklovaite
degree of polishing
diesel-fuel cetane number
Digimerck
discountings
disintail
drawn clause
ectepicondyle
electropoion
engine heater
festian
fournisseur
Gale Group
genarian
genus serrasalmuss
gouvernour
Ilex chengbuensis
Illicium tsangii
in company (with)
income-related
iodoform tests
iridoviral disease of red sea bream
kashmirine
kelleys
liquid-solid chroma-tography
matching point
medinah
metal card storage
miss distance
modulator type vacuum gage
moss
nauches
non invasive
noran
pharmacotherapist
Pontonnyy
pressure converter
program control unit
property-holdings
pull over gear
reel drive
retrims
Rouba
Sangara
sapphire spinel
schultze method
seat pin
selemium nutrition
Shannonian
sinthusa chandrana kuyaniana
siseraries
solar-terrestrial system
sorriness
standard beam approach
statistical stock control
sunflower
symphonically
tectonoplastite
tesch
text search
themsevles
tow attachment
town center
train entering side
transfer accuracy
undraperied
universal-joint snap ring pliers
user acceptance test
vertical incidence transmission
video frequency interference
Villanueva de Cameros
visceral sensory fiber
volatile variable
water vapor