时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月


英语课
1. The Rev 1. Al Sharpton is promising 2 to shut down New York City with protests. He says the officers acquitted 3 in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell should be required to face a jury. The Justice Department says it's considering whether to bring a federal civil rights case against the officers.

2. Dozens of people are still unaccounted for after a fast-moving fire destroyed an apartment complex in Norwich, Connecticut. And another 150 are now homeless. That's after firefighters arrived at about 1:30 a.m. to find flames engulfing 5 the buildings.


3. Miles of San Diego County beaches remain closed to swimmers after a deadly shark attack. Authorities believe a great white lifted triathlete David Martin out of the water with his legs in its jaws 6 yesterday. It was the first shark fatality 7 in San Diego County since 1994.


4. An estimated 10,000 people crowded into Christianity's most holy shrine 9 to celebrate the Orthodox Christian 8 ‘holy fire’ ritual. Christians 10 believe Jesus Christ was buried where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands in Jerusalem.


 


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. engulf 4: v


to surround or to cover sb/sth completely


2. great white: n. 大白鲨


great white shark


3. triathlete: n.


someone who takes part in triathlon, which is an athletic 11 event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances.


4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre: n 圣墓大教堂



1 rev
v.发动机旋转,加快速度
  • It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
  • Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
2 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。
3 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现
  • The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
  • Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
4 engulf
vt.吞没,吞食
  • Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
  • If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念,就会有被他们吞没的危险。
5 engulfing
adj.吞噬的v.吞没,包住( engulf的现在分词 )
  • A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了,使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句
6 jaws
n.口部;嘴
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
7 fatality
n.不幸,灾祸,天命
  • She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
  • He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
8 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
9 shrine
n.圣地,神龛,庙;v.将...置于神龛内,把...奉为神圣
  • The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
  • They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
10 Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
11 athletic
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
学英语单词
a piece of nasty work
alacardo
albumblatts
amadeus l.
amphipyra formosana
audible inspection
automatic adressing
be affected with
be representative of
brass monkeys
C.Cl.
Caletones
ccNUMA
central immersed longitudinal plane
chain-coupling agent
chicken supreme
Chlodio
coat-sleeve
condenser-receiver
connecting the dots
consumability
corpus vilis
corpuscle
cross-promotion
Crucea
Daye Formation
desilvering bath
device configuration overlay
Eugenópolis
ferhoodles
first-best
fluorinated ethylene propylene resin
fuel-element case
gachet
gazzani
Guedes, L.do
hot pressed alloy
hot trephining
hydroxymethylclavam
insulating adhesive paper
internal-affairs
jack pine sawfly
L-Monomethylarginine
Lea, River
longitudinal wheat brush
manifest of shipment
mannions
masaki
mass expulsive device
millefleurs
mini-disk
miserabilism
multispeed motor
Nepticuloidea
nonaqueous solvents
nonliver
of record
osteoarcheology
otc-traded
padded shoulder
pentamethine
peruvianus
Pianello Val Tidone
plectrophenax nivalis vlasowae
pneumatic puller of strapping
popcorn farts
preinjection
quashing order
remunerability
Rothéneuf
rugmen
scanning strip
set a watch
simple pitch diameter
Sintuist
slurr
Sorbus medogensis
space-age
speechless
spotting soap
St.Patricks's Day
ST_arriving-and-departing_arrivals-and-departures
starier
straight pulse
sturr
synthesis converter
tailing current
tenasserims
there-under
tie-break
time policy
timelaea albescens formosana
U.S.Weather Bureau
uniform circular motion
unnes
use us
uucp program
vessel groove
vileness
warehouseman
water surface fluctuation
weighing scale quantifying instrument