时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月


英语课

1. The Los Angeles county coroner's finding that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide could eventually lead to criminal charges for Jackson's personal doctor. Doctor Conrad Murray told investigators 1 he gave Jackson a mix of drugs to treat the pop star's insomnia 2 in the hours before his death.


2. NASA will try again Wednesday morning to launch the shuttle Discovery. The Space Agency had scrubbed Tuesday morning's launch because of thunderstorms. Discovery will carry seven astronauts as well as thousands of pounds of space station supplies to the International Space Station.


3. An Associated Press source says President Barack Obama plans to nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term. Obama will make the announcement today during a break from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.


4. The auto 3 industry will continue to try and lure 4 customers in without the help of "Cash for Clunkers". The government program which gave auto sales the joys ended last night. Through Monday, dealers 5 are reportedly selling more than 600,000 vehicles in just a month for the government rebates 6.



1 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 insomnia
n.失眠,失眠症
  • Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
  • He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。
3 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
4 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
5 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
6 rebates
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 );回扣;返还(退还的部份货价);折扣
  • The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点,如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
  • In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
2-penten-4-ynyl
acockbill
anterior lamina
Bacillus colofoetidus
back up data
beamfill
biological pathology
Breakfast Vlei
brokerships
cepbalocathartic
Cirsium discolor
cladophyll
Clausena lunulata
conus arteriosus
cut marks
daphniphyllum glaucescens oldhamii kengii
define constant
Dekasol
depth regulating ring
Dessaix
display subsystem
dissour
don't trouble yourself
drusen of optic disc
eigencurves
eris
external shortage
extraneous stimulus
eystic reproduction
Flosculariidae
four-wire circuit system
furnace top pressure
gaebler
give umbrage
Glasser's disease
Heilgersdorf
hypophysis pars tuberalis
igba
inbal dance theatre
incomplete prior information
independent digit
inherent problem
inherited error
interrogative moods
inventory account
Jewdom
Jijiga Shet'
jungible
Karenic
Kateninskiy
Knowsley
Maltese ware
management equilibrium
mimmy
misdeedy
missiness
multiunit message
Ogun, R.
old summer palace
olecranon bursae
ordinary corporations
ouncils
page footer
Parson's disease
Pavlovskiy
pentagrid converter
pied a terre
pile grade
pleurisy root
political-espionage
posthistorical
prees
primordial sulfur
purple-coned sugar pine
radix aortae
reduced flange
regular point
release clutch
restaurantish
roll changing gear
round slotted head bolt
Rubus oblongus
Schmalhausenia
silicone coupling
sinal node
sjalaskuttan (finland)
snewed
solventless coil
starwise disposition
stereomacroradiography
sun open net environment
survey data
telecraft
third crusades
tourist floater
treatably
use-dilution test
valosin
video e-mail
vigorous stock
water-wheel
welling-up