搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
1. Sectarian violence rages in Iraq. Gunmen killed 21 people in Iraq Sunday, including 12 students on their way to take exams. Militants1 also opened fire on a minibus carrying telecommunication2 employees to work.
2. Iran's top leader is warning there may be a disruption in oil shipments from the Gulf3 if the U. S. uses military action against it. But Secretary of State Rice says not to put too much emphasis on the threat. Iran is the world's fourth-largest oil exporter.
3. Indianapolis police say Desmond Turner may have killed 7 members of a family because of a rumor4 that the family had money in the house. But the rumor was false. Turner brought some of his family members with him when he surrendered to police Saturday night.
4. Two races, two victories and two nearly identical times. Idaho Gem5, the world's first cloned equine and his brother Idaho Star, each won their heats in what scientists call the first professional races between clones. The mule6s will compete against each other and naturally bred animals later Sunday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. rage : verb
You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence.
e.g. The war rages on and the time has come to take sides.
2. equine : adj, adj n
Equine means connected with or relating to horses.
e.g. an outbreak of equine influenza
3. heat : n-count
A heat is one of a series of races or competitions. The winners of a heat take part in another race or competition, against the winners of other heats.
e.g. the heats of the men's 100m breaststroke
4. mule : n-count
A mule is an animal whose parents are a horse and a donkey.
1 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 telecommunication | |
n.电信,远距离通信 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 gulf | |
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 rumor | |
n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 gem | |
n.宝石,珠宝;受爱戴的人 [同]jewel | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 mule | |
n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 mules | |
骡( mule的名词复数 ); 拖鞋; 顽固的人; 越境运毒者 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。