时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(六)月


英语课

1. President Barack Obama expressed outrage 1 at the violent crackdown by the Iranian government against protesters of the disputed presidential election. Speaking at a White House news conference, Obama said the US joins the international community in condemning 2 what he called the threats, beatings and imprisonments of the last few days.


2. Metro 3 transit 4 officials in Washington D.C. are confirming an earlier report that nine people were killed in a train collision. Mayor Adrian Fenty said at an earlier news conference that seven people had died and he hoped the death toll 5 would not increase. The accident was the worst in the 33-year history of the Metrorail system.


3. Ed McMahon, whose trademark 6 laugh accompanied Johnny Carson's jokes on the "Tonight Show" for 30 years died early Tuesday. He was 86. His publicist didn't give a cause of death, saying McMahon had a multitude of health problems the last few months.


4. Americans Venus Williams and Andy Roddick won their opening round matches at Wimbledon. Williams is seeking her third straight Wimbledon title. The sixth-seeded Roddick is hoping to win his first.



1 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
2 condemning
v.(通常因道义上的原因而)谴责( condemn的现在分词 );宣判;宣布…不能使用;迫使…陷于不幸的境地
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
  • I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 metro
n.地铁;adj.大都市的;(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国,主要经营零售)
  • Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗?
  • The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
4 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
5 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
6 trademark
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
学英语单词
A-summable
abunidazole
after engine room
air valve
Alfie
autoxidator
baffle plate
befeathering
bosses-in-waiting
Bourlamaque
buta-kay
capacitive joint
changement
channeling machine
clases
clead
concommitant
configuration management plan
congenital absence of uterus
Contact report.
corporate university
cracking severity
current yield on funds
demand from
descriptive knowledge
ejection escape
electrostatic system of units
endemic ergotism
equalizing components
exhaustures
fifty percents
financing corporation
fuchsites
geekiest
genetic feedback mechanism
get-tough policy
gliosarcomas
hepatic dropsy
hofford
HTTP response header
hyperseal
Imperial measure
indefatigableness
intermittent-fillet weld
john scott haldanes
jury rig
Knox unit
large signal current gain
longitudinally unstable
low-score
lymphangioma cavernosum
mcculluch
mid-majors
mileski
Minas Basin
Na99mTcO4
neutron powder deffractometry
noise immunity
nonhot
nuisance fee
nyups
oldvolcanic rocks
olen
overworld
pate frit
phintella versicolor
pimpinellas
polymeric
positive change
posterior intercostal arteries
Prioderm
Ptyas mucosus
pursuit airplane
quater-pierced
re-fuelling
root-end
semifactual
separatum
slow addressing
soil plasticity
sound masking
speckle interferogram
spend time doing
spirochetal bronchitis
Staroye Alparovo
starting-handles
step on it!
supernaturality
supracoxal gland
thalloxide cell
trinucleotides
unavoidable set of configurations
unilateral importation
urceoli
utriculose
Valangin's solution
vapor-phase cracked gasoline
vivify
voluntary cession
wide-edged shoes
winchhouse
zonal index