时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2013年(一)月


英语课

 A big night tonight as Washington gets ready for an even bigger day tomorrow, as many as 800,000 people expected. Tomorrow morning, President Obama will make the journey from the White House to this end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Up here to Capitol Hill. Then at noon, on the capitol of west front, he will rest one hand on a pair of historic bibles, raised the other and ushering 1 his second term. He is going to address the crowd, of course, and the nation and the world, be paraded, serenaded, honored with receptions and welcomed into the history books. But for the first time in a long time, the first time since the Ronald Reagan second inauguration 2, it will all be a formality. That is because it happens on the 21st. But law requires that presidents and vice 3 presidents be sworn in on the 20th. So, today the 20th, they were in two quiet ceremonies they were. 


Please raise your right hand and repeat after me, I , Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear. 
I , Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear. 
That I will faithfully execute 
The office of president to the United States. 
And will to the best of my ability. 
Preserve, protect and defend 
The constitution of the United States. 
So, help you God?
So, help me, God.
Congratulations, Mr. President. 
Thank you, Mr. Chief justice. Thank you so much. 
Chief Justice John Roberts administrating the oath, of course, last time as you well know, he fumbled 4 the words, this time he nailed it. President Obama using a family bible today, tomorrow, he¡¯ll use the Lincoln bible and one belonging to Martin Luther King Junior. 
A lot to talk about tonight, vice president Biden took the oath earlier, his residence the naval 5 observatory 6. Supreme 7 Court justice Sonia Sotomayor doing the honors there. He, too, went off without a hitch 8. Yesterday though, during a surprise appearance at the Iowa state inaugural 9 ball the vice president, well, he sort of did a Joe Biden. Take a look. 
I¡¯m proud to be president of the United States. But I¡¯m prouder to be Barack¡¦
A few seconds later, of course, he corrected himself. In just a short time ago, he and his wife and the first lady and of course, President Obama all spoke 10 at one of the big receptions around tow tonight. The president¡¯s subject was hair, specifically Michelle Obama¡¯s new bangs. 
First of all, I love Michelle Obama. And to address the most significant event of this weekend, I love her bangs. She looks good. She always looks good.

1 ushering
v.引,领,陪同( usher的现在分词 )
  • They were right where the coach-caller was swinging open a coach-door and ushering in two ladies. "他们走到外面时,叫马车的服务员正打开车门,请两位小姐上车。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Immediately the two of them approached others, thanking them, ushering them out one by one. 他们俩马上走到其他人面前,向他们道谢,一个个送走了他们。 来自辞典例句
2 inauguration
n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
3 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。
4 fumbled
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下
  • She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
  • He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket. 他(瞎)摸着衣兜找票。
5 naval
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
6 observatory
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
7 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
8 hitch
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉
  • They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程,最后决定搭便车。
  • All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。
9 inaugural
adj.就职的;n.就职典礼
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
10 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
学英语单词
accrual-baseds
acid brown forest soils
Agency Costs
antiseptic process
bearse
beggar's-button
belabourer
beshadow
bubonocele
butadiene-propylene copolymer
calculating instrument
castiron
cave notch
congenital generalized lipodystrophy
continuous indication
control cam
conylene
cricopharyngeal achalasia syndrome
Crozant
Cum. -Sam.
cyclic skipping
deep-diving
Dewa
dexnafenodone
digesting tank
divestitive
double action disk harrow
downlines
embayed mountain
evaluation of learning
gas-free inspection
gubbing
gyro-compass bearing
hexyls
hit counters
hold button
honeycombed casting
hybrid perpetual rose
hypochlorite generator
inert gas fire extinguish system
instantaneous deviation control circuit
IOC (input/output controller)
knightheads
Largs
levantinism
losses not covered
Maloney, Lake
Mariannelund
Marie Louise I.
misell
missionise
monitor photoelectric cell
multiple-cage rotor
murgatroyds
Mybster
nettleleaf goosefeet
nitrovasodilators
NTHM
open space in pile
original density
paperbark tree
pimozide
Piridil
placers
point plotter
polycarbonate plastics
prince's
project key
repossession order
ring cut
scholarly journal
scrotal fascia
semi-pervious zone
simple database language
skreened
sluggabed
small gage wire
solar infrared
Spraberry
steel tower
Taraxacum puberulum
tetra-o-tolyltin
tierzo
transcondylar fracture
Trofimovka
Tucavaca
two jaw independent lathe chuck
two-element resistively probe
unmarkedness
unreachable nonterminal
vigilanteism
violeta
viscoelastic properties
visionaire
vulcanization accelerator AZ
Waikari
walkaway safe
waterproof socket
wijit
Wisteria frutescens
woodtar
xanthogenic