时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:英闻天下


英语课

   At least two people, including an 8-year-old child, have died following two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.


 
  More than 100 others have been injured. Six are reported to be in critical conditions.
 
  Many of the injured appear to be spectators who had gathered to watch runners cross the line.
 
  The blasts went off within seconds of each other.
 
  Boston police say they are also investigating a third blast that occurred at the city's John F. Kennedy Library several miles away and more than an hour later.
 
  So far there has been no injuries were reported in the library explosion.
 
  Boston Police Commissioner 1 Edward Davis:
 
  "We are not certain that these incidents are related but we are treating them as they are we recommending to people that they stay home and that if they are in hotels in the areas that they return to their rooms and they don't go to places congregate 2 large crowds we want to make sure we completely stabilize 3 the situation."
 
  US intelligence sources say two other explosive devices have been found near the marathon finish line.
 
  The FBI considers the bombings a terrorist attack, but it's not sure if the source is domestic or international.
 
  There has been no immediate 4 word on the motive 5 or who may have launched the attack.
 
  US President Barack Obama has made a statement, promising 6 to get to the bottom of the incidents and get those responsible to face justice.

1 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
2 congregate
v.(使)集合,聚集
  • Now they can offer a digital place for their readers to congregate and talk.现在他们可以为读者提供一个数字化空间,让读者可以聚集和交谈。
  • This is a place where swans congregate.这是个天鹅聚集地。
3 stabilize
vt.(使)稳定,使稳固,使稳定平衡;vi.稳定
  • They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
  • His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。
4 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
5 motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
6 promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
学英语单词
?-linolenic
acarpia
Acrocephalops
acrylic flashing paint
anthelvencin
astaxanthins
back-door influence
benedicat
bicycle tyre
big in japan
Bou Azzer
broadcasting amplifier
bulk registration service
cargo in dram
carrier frequency tolerance
Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey.
Chileka Airport
closest-open-location (col) rule
comparative study of jurisprudence
complexometric agent
congeniture
crypt-lymphon
dandy-fever
diethyl malonate
discrepance
drawn under
empanada
eucalyptols
European bullhead
extended front
family-life
flexible bush
flitter bow vessel
float collar stab-in
fortuitous accident
frannies
fundholdings
genus Hyaena
gets a clue
Gia Ray
give in charge
ground temperature
gyro-vertical apparatus
humantenmine
imicrostrip patch antenna
indigenous languages
information-security
jailhouse rock
juliids
Kyauktan
lagow
level soil
life-year
Lipostabil
lower shoe
lymphangiographies
Maleccn Karakul
manual interpretation
many element laser
marquee player
mineral content
moko jumby
Nondiscrimination Rule
norium
oblique facial cleft
omega-limit set
overrobe
package printing process
pavonis
physitism
pile crush
piniella
platform based container
pneumatic sinus
proclamations
purpureo-
recommend technology and equipment
renaming rule
root-inducing hormone
saturated ferrite
separable Hilbert space
Septoria ampelina
single-emulsion film
sliced and diced
slow scan television
soft-lead
St.Helens
station index number
step-on-coil energization
stereocopolymer
stoeger
struggle
survival rate of fish fry
synecdochal
taken someone out
the plant kingdom
total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy
uninvestigable
ventricular drainage tube
Vernicia
walk-ons