时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月


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1.The White House is urging Hamas to agree to a ceasefire with Israel as a first step in halting the current Israeli air assault on Gaza. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe spoke 1 of the Hamas move not to renew a ceasefire with Israel.


2.The search continues for a cruise ship passenger who went missing on Christmas Day. FBI agents have spoken to the husband of Jennifer Seitz who reportedly fell from a cruise ship balcony off the coast of Cancún.


3.Eight snowmobilers are missing and some are feared dead following avalanches 2 in Canada's backcountry. Rescuers are facing extreme conditions from crashing snow as they attempt to locate the man.


4.And Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli less than 24 hours after his squad 3 became the first in NFL history to finish a season 0-16. Cleveland's Romeo Crennel and New York Jets’ coach Eric Mangini were also fired Monday.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.Cancún: n. 坎昆


Cancun locates in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and is a scuba 4 diving resort


2.backcountry: n.


a sparsely 5 inhabited rural region


3. squad: n.


an athletic team


 



1 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
2 avalanches
n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )
  • The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
  • Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道,铁轨被弄得四分五裂。 来自辞典例句
3 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。
4 scuba
n.水中呼吸器
  • I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
5 sparsely
adv.稀疏地;稀少地;不足地;贫乏地
  • Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比,这个城市的人口是稀少的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
airborne altimeter
allopatric species
articularis genus
ash cooler
asymmetrical kinkband
blocking and wedging
break step
brevicone
bus transfer rate
cesium nitride
christocentrism
chrysanthemum maximums
ciliopathies
compulsive colony
contour of constant geometric accuracy
counterpeople
covenant running with the land
dermal hair papilla
differential relaying panel
Digitaria jubata
discrete error
drum leather
echomorphology
ecpat
elementary data type
employee representation plans
exculpatory clause
exorb
flourine
forward difference method
free electromagnetic field
gas and gasoline threeway valve
gasbags
headless rivet with both ends socket shank
hemathermous
Homo heidelbergensis
hyperphosphatemic nephropathy
Härmä
ice cock
intelihealth
interhotels
internal displacement coordinate
iron hoof
isotope geology
kimple
Kursk
Kwaksan-gun
Langenbruck
line shape function
liver plate
low-viscosity liquid
magnefer
march-man
margatinis
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
maturation protein
mean magnetization curve
mirulevatin
modecates
multiattribute utility analysis
multiple-operator welding
non systematic code
on-line test
optical transmission
Otochilus
paleowind
Parisian barm
Podvolok
ponson
primary planet
prismatic focusing magnifier
prosingly
proudness
pulenene
quadric expression
ranging oscillator
regulating lever
resident library
rogovin
Salvadori's
saussage
saw-shaped impulse
Schistocephalus
semperlenity
simulated bomb explosion
spicae
squidward
substitution-permutation network
subulinids
sufficience
suspense-filled
tanguay
TCS (thermal control system)
test control module
time clerk
transmitter empty
trimethylarsine oxide
tubuli dentales
uterine cotyledon
valoninic acid
walking-beam kiln
windless