时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)


英语课

1. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter will not be elected to a sixth term. Specter lost his primary battle to congressman 1 Joe Sestak, who will now face Republican Pat Toomey in the fall. In Kentucky, Rand Paul won the Republican primary, calling its victory a tremendous mandate 2 for the Tea Party.


2. President Barack Obama will host Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife tonight for Obama's second state dinner. The two are expected to discuss the Mexican drug war and illegal immigration during meetings during the day. At the president's first state dinner, a Virginia couple was able to bypass security even though they were not on the invite list.


3. Insurgents 3 have launched a pre-dawn assault today against the US-run Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. At least ten insurgents were killed, and seven US service members were wounded in the attack. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.


4. The Thai government has declared a curfew in Bangkok as rioting and violence has spread across the capital. An army crackdown on protesters has led to a raging battleground. Thailand's Red Shirt protest leaders had surrendered to authorities, but that enraged 4 protesters who set fires and rioted around the capital.

 



1 Congressman
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
2 mandate
n.托管地;命令,指示
  • The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
  • The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
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 enraged
使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤
  • I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令,我极为恼火。
  • The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。
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