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美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-04

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1. Again today the National Weather Service has posted heat warnings from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Electricity demands set records in some areas and scattered1 power outages have been reported. Starting this evening, a cool front could force temperatures down from around 100 degrees to the 80's.

2. Forecasters now say Tropical Storm Chris is not likely to become a hurricane. Pushing across the eastern Caribbean this morning, the storm system had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles an hour, barely enough to be a named storm. It was centered about 285 miles east-southeast of Grand Turk Island.

3. Israel is pounding the southern suburbs of Beirut with airstrikes again today. A missile killed at least three people in a Lebanese village. Meanwhile, Israeli police say at least seven more people have been killed by Hezbollah rockets slamming into northern Israel.

4. Ford2 is recalling more than a million trucks, SUVs and vans over concern of potential engine fires. It says the recall is tied to the speed control deactivation3 switch system, which could corrode4 over time, overheat and catch fire

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. front : n-count【气】锋
In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.

2. slam : verb
If one thing slams into or against another, it crashes into it with great force.

3. recall : verb 召回
If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it.

4. deactivate5 : verb
to render inactive or ineffective.


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1 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
2 Ford KiIxx     
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
参考例句:
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
3 deactivation 8f5165870c7edf106fbe43ec9ab7d354     
n.钝化(作用),惰性化;非活动化;去活化
参考例句:
  • There can be important consequences of activation or deactivation. 在这里可能有活化或钝化的重要结果。 来自辞典例句
  • The deactivation of a device, program, or system. 使一个设备、程序或系统停止工作。 来自辞典例句
4 corrode Uolze     
v.使腐蚀,侵蚀,破害;v.腐蚀,被侵蚀
参考例句:
  • The tools will corrode with rust if never used.这些工具如长期不用会长铁锈而损坏。
  • It will pollute people's aesthetic taste and corrode social spirit.它污染人们的审美趣味,腐蚀社会精神。
5 deactivate oy8xP     
v.使无效;复员
参考例句:
  • Russia is deactivating some of its deadliest missiles.俄罗斯正在拆除其一些最危险的导弹。
  • I go through several complex steps to try to "deactivate" my profile.我尝试了那些复杂的步骤,试图“撤销”我的个人资料。
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