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
AB accept bills
achyranthes root
ajarred
annual increasing rate
assam silk
atomic emission line
avulsion fracture of ischial tuberosity
Balingen
baratovite
Baykolovsk
bolt head trimming machine
box offices
California false morel
cash
cassia occidentaliss
caviar spoon
cerolipoid
cinnamylic acid
circumscribed halo
climatic elements
compartmentalisms
connection lost
connexin
consumption smoothing model
controllable pitch propeller oil pump
crook (crooking)
cross flow dryer
crugs
cubiste
D. C. D.
damage by caterpillars
death to
deep-water
destefano
discount chain
dispensing with
drying storage
electrical resolver
enjoy public health services
equalizing duties
external-convection ring sensitive element
final tightening
finger tight
fixation
four-four time
gassing of oils
GCMG
general arrangement of reactor room
genuinity
genus sternotheruss
goosestep
grade D reserves
guaiacol carbonate kefir
held good
hematodes
hercotectonic
hypotarsus
insulinogenic
isonymous marriage
Kasukawa
Lilian Baylis
lode formation
log count-rate meter
macroconjugant
magnetocentrifugal
mails out
marketshare
maturation promoting factor
method of needle insertion
monogamously
montane meadow soil
Morand's foramen
non-flame fibre
non-null persistent state
North Rhine-Westphalia
offset deep etch process
Ohio County
oil slick thickness
old-fogey
pen attachment
peristomata
pine spittlebugs
psamma
pyrrophytas
retrosternal
rockhills
Seacrift
Sergipe, R.
single ended push-pull
spare set
sphaerocyst
statement of debit account
stonable
storax
Swertia obtusa
term energy level
terminal header
unit turbine
wrist pin nut washer
Yambala Koudouvélé