时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十)月


英语课

1. Police have identified the child's body found in a Georgia landfill as a missing 7-year-old Florida girl. Authorities used a birthmark on Somer Thompson's leg to tentatively ID her. She went missing Monday on her way home from school.


2. Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates says preparation for Afghanistan's upcoming presidential run-off will be closely watched to prevent any vote fraud. The redo takes place November 7th. Gates says the US has not yet decided 2 if it'll send more troops to Afghanistan.


3. The extortion case involving actor John Travolta has ended in mistrial in the Bahamas. Two people were accused of trying to extort 3 25 million dollars from Travolta following the death of his son, Jett. A new trial has been ordered.


4. The Phillies are back in the Fall Classic. The defending champs won the National League pennant 4 last night, defeating the Dodgers 5 in five games. The Yankees can take the American League with another win over the Angels tonight.



n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
v.勒索,敲诈,强要
  • The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
  • They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
n.三角旗;锦标旗
  • The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
  • The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓,从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。
n.躲闪者,欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
  • a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
  • But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句