时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2005


英语课

1. A day after the deadly blasts in London, police press ahead with investigation 1 and recovery efforts while jittery 2 residents try to carry on.

2. Vowing 3 new anti-terror efforts, G8 world leaders unveiled an aid package to fight African poverty, also proposing help for the Palestinians.

3. As hurricane Dennis crosses Cuba, first rain from the storm falls in the Florida Keys where thousands of flee before the worst arrives.

4. Iraq urges nations to keep their diplomatic missions in the country despite a claim about the killing 4 of Egypt's top envoy 5 to Baghdad.

5. And, Olympic officials toss baseball and softball from the 2012 Games-the first sports eliminated from the Olympics in nearly 70 years.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.jetter:adj.anxious or nervous.
eg.It was probably the tension that made him jittery.

2.unveil:v.to show or tell people about a new product or plan for the first time.
eg.The club has unveiled plans to build a new stadium.

3.toss:v.to get rid of something that you do not want.
eg.I tossed most of that stuff out when we moved.

4.softball.n.a game similar to baseball but played on a smaller field with a slightly larger and softer ball.



1 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 jittery
adj. 神经过敏的, 战战兢兢的
  • However, nothing happened though he continued to feel jittery. 可是,自从拉上这辆车,并没有出什么错儿,虽然他心中嘀嘀咕咕的不安。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • The thirty-six Enterprise divebombers were being squandered in a jittery shot from the hip. 这三十六架“企业号”上的俯冲轰炸机正被孤注一掷。
3 vowing
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
4 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。
5 envoy
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
学英语单词
4tw
AAOC
acidimetre
afocal system
age-specific mortality rate
Aidan
antiretaliatory
araxess
aseismic frame
associated Laguerre polynomial
beaverteen
belt filter
beta-estradiol
biotecs
black fritillary
Bleidenstadt
bolwar
briquet
brown lung(disease)
burning-in pen
carotid plexuss
centrifugal pot spinning machine
cesium monobromide
checkout-counter
chemico-mechanic coupling
clam chowders
colo(u)r atlas
commercial speech bank
Common Salvage Operation
compulsory expatriation
contributing share
controlled trial
cord braid
courtzilite
craniotomy forceps
Cutler-Power-Wilder test
debugging event
diaphragm type pressure balance detector
diffused transistor
dilleniidaes
disomic parent
dreadmill
drinking vessel
drop sb a line
Errolon
evaporite facies
exchanger resin
explosion-temperature
Firrel
Fox Chapel
get lost
giantpulse
glacading
Glascock County
gurus
heavy/big/fat/long well-inlaid purse
hexagonal alternating class
ideal frequency distribution
inflict sth on sb
instantaneous center
jewelled train
jiefang type waterlift
ketofuranose
leeshe
lunchless
manfriend
mean dwelling
metal fabricating industries
miter cap
mixed highs signal
mortar-voids test
mozzarella cheese
nedre soppero (soppero)
Neocidol
nizamuddins
noize
oft-time
ominous-sounding
overface
Parakupferglanz
post - secondary education
quattroporte
Rayleigh elastic quality factor
Renshaws
rigid connection
sacchar-
salient-pole synchronous-inducting motor
scherber
Secretary of Transportation
selectwoman
ship-to-satellite communication
songy
stainless steel valve
subordinate certification authority
Sue, Grabbit and Runne
Troglostrongylus
urnflower
us source
verhoeff-van gieson stain
vice-manager
viral erythrocyte necrosis
year zero