时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)


英语课

1. A new AP poll of likely voters finds they’re evenly divided on whether President Barack Obama's health care law should be scrubbed or retooled 1. Among likely voters, 36% said they want to revise the law, 37% want the law repealed 2, only 15% said they would leave the new law unchanged.


 


2. The Defense 3 Department has declared that “Don't ask, don't tell” is once again the law of the land. However, DoD has set up a new system the could make it tougher to get fired for being openly gay. Secretary Robert Gates says all firings under the 1993 law must now be decided 4 by one of the four service secretaries in consultation 5 with the military's general counsel.


 


3. Lindsay Lohan is due back in a Beverly Hills courtroom to face a judge, who could send her back to jail. Lohan has to appear in court after failing another drug test. Today will be Lohan's fifth court appearance since May.


 


4. The National League Championship Series is heading back to Philadelphia. The Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants last night, final score, 4-2. However, the Giants still lead the series three games to two. Game six is Saturday. Meantime, game six of the American League Championship Series is set for tonight in Texas.



1 retooled
v.(给…)更换工具, (给…)更换机械设备( retool的过去式和过去分词 );改组,革新
  • The company will be retooled after the incorporation. 合并之后的公司要进行重组。 来自辞典例句
  • Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled. 每次更换产品,就得重新装备机器。 来自辞典例句
2 repealed
撤销,废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The Labour Party repealed the Act. 工党废除了那项法令。
  • The legislature repealed the unpopular Rent Act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。
3 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 consultation
n.咨询;商量;商议;会议
  • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
  • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
标签: AP consultation
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a-adrenergic
abnormal exchanges
accumulated running time
acid resisting steel
acronychally
aleukemic
Allingham's ulcer
anthracenecarboxylic acid
apparent zenith distance
arterial tract
basket strainer
bath cube, bathcube
blur factor
border zone
boxed-off
brachyurans
cabotine
cerium disulfide
charge of the electron
clarks alloy
coelostats
cold electric resistance welding
condition guaranteed at discharge
cross knurled
culex (lophoceraomyia) hui
DC three-wire system
denegations
dental papilla
didacticity
dimethophrine
double reduction motor
dough lump spacer
dust someone's jacket
dye penetrant check
engine hourmeter
exportable
fantasy lands
fibril formation
firing site
flesh tone
forcipules
Fox, William
go root
greek civilization
Gülnar
Hamming codes
holidaywords
homogeneity of universe
hyperchaos
I'm gone.
Indigofera nigrescens
inegocia japonica
inner stroke
Karakin Lakes
kayton
korcak
lecesne
locking action
lombricine
lonie
lyc-
MacLachlan's process
make a round
manually operated spray system
marmag
molybdenum-bearing mineral
momentum bias system
multifamilial
Muslimists
myelomere
myxocyprinuss
N-acetyllactosamine
non-flyings
omnibus algorithm
optoelectronic materials
organoborane
oven for dry distillation
paiallel
Palals
panellus copelandii
Peskovatka
pittcoat
plough a lonely furrow
precoated sheet
preservation of the natural environment
prismatic surface
pschorr
push-out base technique
Rilla
rootin
Silk Road disease
spraypack
Syringaxon
take inventory of
time-delay command
transverse colons
ulstermen
unidentified-actor
unruptured
valve type piston
Vinocin
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