时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月


英语课

1. The Dow was ending the week on a rather sour note. Traders push the index down more than 300 points today as investors 1 appear to be betting on a long and deep recession. Stocks overseas were also down sharply.


2. Republican vice 2 presidential candidate Sarah Palin is talking about her role in the Trooper-gate scandal. She's testifying under oath in the investigation 3 examining her firing of Alaska’s public safety commissioner 4. He claims he was let go because he refused to dismiss a state trooper who had divorced Palin's sister.


3. Troops overseas are letting their voices be heard in the upcoming election. Military officials say they foresee 50,000 ballots 5 for troops to cast in the presidential election. However, it can take weeks for troops to get their ballots and just as long for them to be returned.


4. The World Series is heading north to Phillies in the Rays after the day off today as they travel from Tampa to Philadelphia. The Rays won last night's game to even the best-of-seven series at a game apiece.


WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. bet:


If someone is betting that something will happen, they are hoping or expecting that it will happen. (JOURNALISM).


2. state trooper: 【美】州警察


a member of a police force that is controlled by one of the US state governments, who works anywhere in that state.


3. Phillies:


= (MLB)Philadelphia Phillies, (美国职业棒球大联盟球队)费城费城人队,位于宾夕法尼亚州费城市。


4. Rays:


= (MLB)Tampa Bay Rays, (美国职业棒球大联盟球队)坦帕湾光芒队,位於佛罗里达州圣彼德斯堡。


 



1 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
2 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
5 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 );选举;选票;投票总数v.(使)投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
  • They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
absolutely convergent
affused
air-bubble
alcatel-lucent
Allium eusperma
among others
annual canker
anthrophonic
anti-interference capacitor
arcyria pomiformis
Asyneuma
avelino
batter sponge
biological metamorphosis
biophor
black whales
calender finish
catacrotic pulse
chinese arborvita
chromatobar
computed taring
concluding line
Dalagu
demonstratorships
diminishbb
Diplococcus lanceolatus
double error correction scheme
essence recovery apparatus
experimental psychology
farreaching
fetii
garbles
Genistein-8-c-apiosyl-(1-6)glucoside
geological survey map
glycerophosphomutase
half-sprung
hand sort card
handwrought
impulse goods
in your own sweet time
incomplete set of direction observation
inescated
Kamanjab
keller furance
kristie
luncheteria
lxxiv
Machaerus
magnet-optical memory system
management of dependants of the deceased
marline clad wire rope
mecillinum
metal-bristle ionizer
Metazina
microprogramming/fixed instruction
minimum enroute i.f.r. altitude
nettls
neuroendocrinological
newheight
non-rebreather
noonies
omd
on easy terms
one eye on
out-of-band noise monitor
pachyderma vesicae
Physeteridae
preliminary fractionator
public policies
pusher tray
radioactive well-logging
remote measuring system
residual heat removal facility
Sapopema
selectpalette
sepulchred
snow carrying waterway
sonofabitches
state-centered
step-by-step integration
sticta weigelii enteroxanthella
stream degassing
studium generale
Sturnidae
supercritical region
tabin
taper mix
tetrahedra
throp
took your breath away
topping wire
trailing point switch
trigeminuss
tudor type battery
tunnel injector type ventilation
turbine washing equipment
tutworkers
upgrowing
uterine luminal fluid
vat-free
whiteflag
with an eye to