时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)


英语课

 


1. A Virginia man is arrested and indicted 1 on charges he planned to bomb Washington subway system, budding with people he believed were al-Qaeda operatives. The FBI says they knew the plan all along, the public never in danger. The 34-year-old is a naturalized citizen born in Pakistan.


 


2. The same storm that blew through the Midwest brings powerful winds to the south, possibly tornados 2. Debris 3 littered the ground in Tennessee, near Charlotte, North Carolina, homes collapsed 4.


 


3. More devastation 5 from the earthquake and tsunami 6 in Indonesia. Aerial inspection 7 revealing the extent of the damage. The disasters killed more than 300 people, many more are missing.


 


4. It took an X-ray to finally nail down what was wrong with this basset hound in Colorado. It turns out Sophie swallowed 31 roofing nails, her rabies tag and siding from the house. $3,500 later, Sophie is feeling much better.

 



1 indicted
控告,起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
2 tornados
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
  • They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
3 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
4 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
5 devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
7 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
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abort file
access cycle
adapter request block
appartient
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bacterial chemistry
badaks
barometric characteristic
become a doctor
bemuffling
bipotential
body axis musculature
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British North America
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callideic I
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CT scanning
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engineering of comprehensive utilization of mineral resources
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universal service obligation
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W9
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