时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)


英语课

1. Witnesses say Yemeni army helicopters took US and other ambassadors out of a besieged 1 embassy to the presidential palace. There they reportedly witnessed ruling party leaders signing an agreement for the president to step down in 30 days. State TV says Ali Abdullah Saleh will not sign the deal without opposition 2 leaders' presence.


 


2. President Barack Obama says Israel will face growing isolation 3 without a credible 4 Middle East peace process. Obama said his endorsement 5 of the Jewish state's 1967 boundaries as the basis for a Palestinian state reflected the urgent need for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians.


 


3. All roads in and out of Reading, Kansas are closed after a tornado 6 damaged about 200 homes in the town of just 250 people. One man was killed and five people injured. Most of the town is without power, and the Salvation 7 Army is serving meals from a mobile kitchen.


 


4. And yet another Republican says he won't run for president. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels told supporters in an overnight email that the needs of his family outweigh 8 his desire to run.



1 besieged
包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  • The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问,弄得报社应接不暇。
2 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
3 isolation
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离
  • The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
  • He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后,生活比较孤寂。
4 credible
adj.可信任的,可靠的
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
5 endorsement
n.背书;赞成,认可,担保;签(注),批注
  • We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
  • His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。
6 tornado
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
7 salvation
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
  • Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
  • Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。
8 outweigh
vt.比...更重,...更重要
  • The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.你制定的计划其优点胜过缺点。
  • One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.功大于过。
学英语单词
A. A. C. C.
advertizings
aedes (finlaya) albocinctus
annon
armloads
assies
Atyusha
automated environment
baggins
basic shop cost
be wrong with
being intimate
broken date
budget brigade delay line
casing curing
Cenoman
charring temperature
cicurating
close book
coilpanel
cold-winter
color, primary
colydiids
coning water
consecutive fifths
direct-coupled unipolar transistor logic
discrete analog
double diode limiter
double window
draba eripoda turcz.
drive end
drumrolls
Durazno
dynamic longitudinal stability
ekstam
ending
exquisite design
fahrenheit
fixed time lag
floating-point arithmetic operation
fuel pump cut-out check
full legal tender
grade estimation
high-contrast developer
Hokubō
hostilement
hyperoxypathy
Ilokano, Ilocanos
inhibition of oxidation
language acquisition
lighter - than - air craft
Mareeba
margin of exchange rate fluctuation in terms of parity
Mayan hieroglyphic writing
mercuric stearate
model data
most-voted-for
near-feasible point
non-stereospecificity
oom-pah-like
over-feed device
palaeomagnetic pole
Palestinology
Paradahan
Peqin
pinion and ring gear
pitch-cap
preach to
prize log
product package
profit and loss adjustment
protective dressing
pulse time modulation system
pulse-width keyer
pylaisiella subcircinata
R-G-B
reduced Abelian group
regional recreational facility
reputed owner
semiviva
sharky
small quantities
static quadrature reactance
Stevin, Simon
sublingua
sulfur dyestuff
superior gluteal lymph nodes
tank tester
targate
tea tables
thrinter
thunder lizards
total suspended particulates (tsp)
triode argon detector
tuberculous
under-action
undergrade food
Venezuela pokeberry
wind truss
Zanocin
zip liner
Zymobacterium