时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)


英语课

1. A proposal to repeal 1 the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military is set to be introduced in Congress today. Gay rights groups are urging quick congressional approval. A vote could come as early as Thursday.


2. The prosecution 2 rested its case against alleged 3 killer 4 and serial 5 rapist James Biela. The Nevada man was accused of killing 6 a college coed and sexually assaulting two other young women. The jury is expected to begin deliberations before the end of the week.


3. More than 1000 police and soldiers faced off against armed gangsters 7 defending an alleged drug lord in Kingston, Jamaica. US officials want Christopher Coke to be extradited, but Coke's supporters are waging a major offensive to protect him.


4. This pair of Alabama burglars had a painful time getting away with their stash 8, and was all caught on surveillance tape. They broke into a convenience store and tried to steal an ATM, but it fell on top of them. Now local police are investigating.


 



1 repeal
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
2 prosecution
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
3 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
4 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。
5 serial
n.连本影片,连本电视节目;adj.连续的
  • A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
  • Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗?
6 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。
7 gangsters
匪徒,歹徒( gangster的名词复数 )
  • The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。
  • One of the gangsters was caught by the police. 歹徒之一被警察逮捕。
8 stash
v.藏或贮存于一秘密处所;n.隐藏处
  • Stash away both what you lost and gained,for life continues on.将得失深藏心底吧,为了那未来的生活。
  • That's supposed to be in our private stash.这是我的私人珍藏。
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学英语单词
admission lead
aglow with
air regulater
angle pump
answering wave
anterior intertransverse muscles of neck
arbitraged
arsenical manganese
asfak (esfak)
ash-forming impurities
bank reserve requirements
beautiful armadillos
benvenuto cellinis
benzenes intermediates
bluets
boot-catcher
burningoff
carbon-dioxide multijet
cell immunity
cell wall check
central dense granule
chlorinated polynvinyl chloride
chronic hypertrophic dermatosis of the palm
colloquial words
condut
conveyor belt
core point
coupled windows
cryptographic technique
curatives
delwiche
desmie surface
destandardised
double reflection
downstream promoter element
easy off flask
elastic cloud
endoscopic suction valve
eupareunia
feeleys
fine grained texture
flash it away
freespin
global roaming
goods insurance policy
guard against sth
heavy lube stock
hill diagram
hydrothermal rock alteration
ICX
IEN
interassays
inversionless
IP cylinder
isoamyl sulfide
jorobada
Karankasso
kirschner's apparatus
long medial ligament
lucky beggar
Ludwigsdorf
macro market
make a profit on
mesh coordinates
monoalkyl benzene
negative photodiode coupler
neuroparalytic hyperemia
New York Building Code
nonlinear controller
nudum
Octamethyldiphosphoramide
parental qualities
Paris violent
Parkerville
pay in advance
Penthaleus major
Pr. R.
Prairie du Rocher
pull out guard
put one's finger s in something
re import
regressive tax
retarder thinner
retrospectant evidence
samakh (tsemah)
saprotrophy
self perception theory
semiconfined
single ear lock washer
spaced receiver
store procedure
synthetic task
tcnicas
think a sight of sb
trading hours
transfer logs over dam
transmit magazine
tricycle landing gear
turdus naumanni
undercooked
vertical extension
Wernicke's fibers