时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月


英语课

1. North Korea's underground nuclear test is drawing condemnation 1 from Washington to Beijing. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss what President Barack Obama calls a "blatant 2 violation 3 of international law" and a "grave threat" to world peace.


2. President Obama marked his first Memorial Day as president by taking part in the traditional wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery 4. He praised the men and women of America's fighting forces as the "best of America". Obama also sought to avoid a racial controversy 5 by sending flowers to a monument for Confederate soldiers and to a memorial honoring blacks who fought for the Union during the Civil War.


3. Police in New York City say the explosion that shattered windows at a Starbucks may have been caused by a small bomb made from fireworks. Nobody was hurt. Investigators 6 are looking into similarities between the explosion and others that have taken place in the city over the last four years.


4. Pope Benedict has extended his reach to Facebook and iPhone. He called on young people to use technology to spread the word of the Church.



1 condemnation
n.谴责; 定罪
  • There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
2 blatant
adj.厚颜无耻的;显眼的;炫耀的
  • I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
  • His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。
3 violation
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说,那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
4 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
5 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
6 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
acid restoring plant
Alfred Hitchcock
Alnashi
analyse away
aptera(e)
basic record
bat-winged
bill holder
bipolar and related disorders
bodig
bondservants
braulio
by preference
capture vacuum pump
car load freight
Cardinal principles of secondary education
chondrometer
chum up
clinophobia
Cobazymase
come of
communication message traffic control unit
complexations
compressed gas
constant potential surface
crabfest
Dearne Valley
degeneratio fibrinosa
delphina
distant learning
effectivities
Elie Wiesel
erase binary tree
field location of track center
firm structure
first fit method
for better or worse
functions of control program
generalized linear resolution
High-level Data Link Control
hub disk
icicle plants
inframedian
intelligent office
investment-cast
isobaric process
keyboardings
laboulbenia borneensis
leave in sb.'s care
leucotina gigantea
LFB
lotusland
loudness contour
machine aided manufacturing
make a conversation
markios
marubajalapin
material consumption
mau-reen
maximum carrier level
maximum-minimum property
microarrays
Moltkia
Nemta
obliquus capitis inferior
open a book
ossuariums
Papetherine
pattern of symbol
pelargonium graveolenss
photogrammetric methodology
ping-pong ball
predestinators
pulsation pole
quality of estate
reproducting periods
richa
Rothenberg an der Pegnitz
rubidium praseodymium nitrate
Sabin-Feldman dye test
Schwanebeck
schwanns
scieropia
shawkat
single-phase rotor
single-phase weaving machine
smectite
stick to one's colours
strong equivalence principle
structure-activity correlation
subquadrat
tactilities
tax concession
tersulfide
trumpetlike
turn compensation pickup
Ugol'noye
unisounding
Urtica zayuensis
Vodovar
Wagner function