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1. Senate Democrats1 grill2 Supreme3 Court nominee4 Samuel Alito, accusing him of inconsistency on voting rights, ethics5, and membership in a conservative organization.
2. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says western countries will likely seek economic sanctions against Iran, after Teheran restarts its nuclear program.
3. Ariel Sharon's condition improves slightly. Doctors say they hope to wean the Israeli prime minister off remaining sedatives6 to draw him out of an induced coma7.
4. International agencies warn against panic but caution that the bird flu which has infected at least 15 in Turkey will likely spread to neighboring countries.
5. And the People magazine website says Angelina Julie is pregnant with Brad Pitt's child. The baby is reportedly due this summer.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. grill : verb
to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time:
e.g. After being grilled8 by the police for two days, Johnson signed a confession9.
2. inconsistency : noun [C or U]
If you refer to someone's inconsistency, you criticize them for not behaving in the same way every time a similar situation occurs.
e.g. There are a few inconsistencies in what you've written.
3. ethics : noun [C usually plural]
a system of accepted beliefs which control behaviour, especially such a system based on morals:
e.g. He said he was bound by a scientist's code of ethics.
4. wean sb off sth : phrasal verb
to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them:
e.g. It's difficult to wean an addict10 off cocaine11 once they're hooked.
1 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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2 grill | |
n.烤架,铁格子,烤肉;v.烧,烤,严加盘问 | |
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adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者 | |
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5 ethics | |
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准 | |
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6 sedatives | |
n.镇静药,镇静剂( sedative的名词复数 ) | |
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n.昏迷,昏迷状态 | |
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adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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9 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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10 addict | |
v.使沉溺;使上瘾;n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人 | |
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11 cocaine | |
n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂) | |
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