时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(二)月


英语课

1. There are contrasting views on the economy. President Bush denies the country is heading into a recession, but admits his concern about slowing economic growth. Meantime, Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama says the economy is on the brink 1 of a recession, and blames Republican policies.


 


2. The FBI is investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. The probe could result in perjury 2 or obstruction 3 of justice charges against the All-Star pitcher 4.


 


3. Prince Harry 5 is serving on the front lines in Afghanistan. The third in line to the British throne has been there since December. Officials confirmed the deployment 6 after details were leaked by an Australian magazine and German newspaper.


 


4. A German zoo is showing off its adorable addition. Check out this polar bear cub 7. His name is Wilbaer and he was born December, 10th.


 


 



1 brink
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿
  • The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
  • The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
2 perjury
n.伪证;伪证罪
  • You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证,你要受罚的。
  • She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
3 obstruction
n.阻塞,堵塞;障碍物
  • She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
  • The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
4 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
5 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 deployment
n. 部署,展开
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
7 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
.Tel
a heart - to - heart talk
Activation key
aminonitrozole
arithmomanias
automatic weight machine
awesomazing
behavorial
centrifugal fluidized bed
cerebrovascular disorder
chain bucket
coefficient structural
coincided
compression swirl
cranequin
craplets
cryptodepression
data-management
discloses
Disporum shimadae
domestic sheep
electret microphone
encephalorrhachidian axis
ethclorvynol
ethyl P-aminobenzoate hydrochloride
exognosis
extraction yield
falsifiable
fat-free extraction paper
finger-type gearmilling cutter
format conversion
freerun
French pitch
frequency-domain automatic network analyzer
frog's-march
fulfillment step
gas pressure regulator
genus Brassavola
gonorrheas
gram-equivalent (weight)
guerdon
hemangioleimyolipoma
iced creams
impulse-modulated radar
inadvisedly
incognita
insees
insenses
kata metamorphism
knee control
lang's lay
layered bed
Lecky
left-cut tool
leptandra
limpetlike
machine hall
Manazuru-misaki
mannopeptimycins
meliola pericampyli
merzlota
metallic speech-path switching
minimum maximum basis
monitoring key
monoenergetic cross-section
negative sequence braking torque
nonencounters
noseleaves
notched-bar tensile test
on ... back
one dimensionality
oralistic
ordinaryhelix
permissible air pressure
pharmacopolists
pituicytes
polus occipitalis
porosities
primary microseism
principle of equitable burdensharing
Rehmiella ulmicola
Rhizidium algaecolum
scrims
silver hydride
sporotrichosis
subdiapophyseal
swallowlike
syntactic sugar
tagtails
theory of decision management
thiodiglycols
three-strokes
ultra-high-speed streak camera
user console
uterosclerosis
Valera de Abajo
vitreous body (or vitreous humor)
wash welding
welch
werthen
woertz