时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2012年(五)月


英语课

 First up, we are looking at four wild fires that are burning in parts of Arizona. These things are getting bigger. We reported on the story earlier in the week. As of Wednesday afternoon, no deaths have been reported in connection with these wild fires and an official said just three buildings have been destroyed. Firefighters are working to get these flames under control though. They are having to battle with the weather as well. We are talking about high temperatures, low humidities, strong winds, all these things are combining to help spread the wild fires. The one causing the most concern is the gladiator fires near a historic mining town and on Wednesday, with only about 5% contained. Here you see one of the ways in which officials are trying to put out the flames, this is really interesting stuff here, the helicopter drops down over a lake, starts siphoning(虹吸) up water, then it heads out for one of the wild fires and dumps the water on the flames.


 
On Tuesday, we mentioned that voters were heading the polls in Nebraska and Oregon. Those states were holding the next round of US primary elections, and we've got results on them for you now. In terms of presidential candidates, they probably won't come as a surprise. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt 1 Romney won the primaries in both states. He has been the Republican party's presumptive nominee 2 for a while now. And with these wins, he is getting closer to the number of delegates he needs to win to become his party's official nominee.
 
These folks aren't line up to vote. They are waiting to donate blood to try to help a Georgia woman who is suffering a rare case of flesh-eating bacteria. Louis explained what the disease is and how Amy Coplin got it in our show on Tuesday. You can find that in the transcript 3 archives on our website. This is just one of the blood drives that is happening around Georgia. Amy Coplin has been infused with more than 168 pints 4(品脱) of blood since she got sick. And just to compare, a human body contains about 10 pints. Coplin's doctors say her struggle with this disease is going to be a roller coaster ride of highs and lows.

1 mitt
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
  • I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日,我送给他一只棒球手套。
  • Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
2 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
3 transcript
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
4 pints
n.品脱( pint的名词复数 );一品脱啤酒
  • I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel. 我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two pints today, please. 今天请来两品脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abdominal actinomycosis
Abukuma-type facies
acousticolateral system
acro-anesthesia
air speed data
annual maximum hourly traffic volume
asue
auxiliary access storage
big-ticket item
blue branch
boxthorn root
calderone
calibrational curve
cantilever girder
carpropamid
Castanopsis densispinosa
central indian basin
chernecha sloboda
chromous sulfate
chuvashias
collation working file
corallinites
data source field
directional commanded active sonobuoy system
drawing of tubes
earthenware tile pavement
electrothermic regulator
ex service
exposure control lever
fire resisting timber door
Galenist
Gerrhonotus
goave
Gran Bajo Salitroso
hand plate
history of cytology
hook pin
hotel business
hummyl
individual nuclear model
insulation blocking
jaw break
juridicial
Korkiān
leeward yacht
ligamenta vesicale
Liu Jin
load-carrying ability
Manfalut
mantoes
mark stack control word
marsh podzol
matched sample
median speed
men's shorts
microanalytical chemistry
molybdena-alumina catalyst
monoplasmatic
mule's ears
nagnetizing force
Nepālgānj
noise abatement
on the computer screen
orthocresol phthalein
out of one's hair
outrigged boat
overhouse
paratus
piedmont gravel
Pilea racemosa
pink shark
polylaurylamide
poroplastics
postglacial age
precut
press pouring furnace
railway trunk line locomotive
rainfall probability
rapturous
restraint on alienation
Rhododendron xanthostephanum
Richardson I.
Royal and Ancient
sealives
security loan
separating cylinder
serial poll enable
sliding-vane vacuum pump
spell-casting
sporidia
Stonecliffe
synchronizing valve
talking turkey
trainer equipment design specification
treo
tuberculol
Uggerby
well-differentiateds
wet through
wgaer of law
willowfield
yu-wei