时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)


英语课

 1. Police say a wounded man is the sole suspect in the shooting of six drug squad 1 police officers who were serving a search warrant in Utah. One officer was dead and the rest of the wounded are in the hospital.


 
 
 
2. A deadly wave of explosions has struck two Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing 2 more than two dozen people. The attacks have rampedup fears that insurgents 3 are stepping up attacks. Now the US troops are out of Iraq.
 
 
 
3. Parents of a Texas eighth grader who was fatally shot by police are demanding to know why officers took lethal 4 action. Police say the boy was brandishing 5 and refused to drop what appeared to be a handgun, turned out to be a pellet gun.
 
 
 
4. This tuna is worth savoring 6. Caught off northeastern Japan, it fetched a record 56.5 million yen 7, about 736,000 dollars at auction 8. The winning bidder 9 is president of a sushi chain.

1 squad
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
2 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
4 lethal
adj.致死的;毁灭性的
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
5 brandishing
v.挥舞( brandish的现在分词 );炫耀
  • The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword. 那个骑士挥舞着剑,来到罗宾汉面前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife. 他挥舞着一把小刀,出现在休息室里。 来自辞典例句
6 savoring
v.意味,带有…的性质( savor的现在分词 );给…加调味品;使有风味;品尝
  • Cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most. 烹饪当然很好,但他最享受的是闻到的各种味道。 来自互联网
  • She sat there for a moment, savoring the smell of the food. 她在那儿坐了一会儿,品尝这些食物的香味。 来自互联网
7 yen
n. 日元;热望
  • He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
  • He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
8 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
9 bidder
n.(拍卖时的)出价人,报价人,投标人
  • TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
  • The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。
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absorbance ratio
air-breather
airsecond (airsec)
algid
alpine chough
alternating polyurea
and-oh
As Sālimīyah
Athgarh
atoll island
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beam-positioning magnet
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canal for water conveyance
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direct absorption method
displacement coefficient of center circle
donthami r.
drays
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east conemaugh
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faradic bath
federal aviation regulation (far)
finishing impression
four-byte unsigned binary key
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gas-bulb sensor
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he-o
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horsewhipped
hot ice
incense-smoke
insulated pliers
Iphidosoma
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Taenia pellucida
television scanning amplifier
terah
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u.c.b.
unfindability
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