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时间：2010-02-09 07:33:39

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1.Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit1) $16 bills. 死靓仔玩假钞也不讲点高科技，美元哪有16美元面值的啊！连15美元的都不会有！

记忆点：counterfeit n. adj.赝品, 伪造品, 伪造的,counterfeit money 假钞 vt. 伪造, 假冒

2.    A man in Johannesberg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
练习用枪射击放在对方头顶上的啤酒罐，严重误伤朋友，有病啊！

记忆点：1. Johannesberg 南非首都约翰内斯堡 2. beer can 啤酒罐；can也可以做动词，意为“灌装”， e.g. Their job is to can the fish. “canned”意为“灌装的”，canned fish, canned coke.
类似的词还有：bottle 装瓶 bottled drink 瓶装饮料

3.    A company trying to continue its five-year perfect safety record showed its workers a film aimed at encouraging the use of safety goggles3 on the job. According to Industrial Machinery4 News, the film's depiction5 of gory6 industrial accidents was so graphic7 that twenty-five workers suffered minor8 injuries in their rush to leave the screening room. Thirteen others fainted, and one man required seven stitches after he cut his head falling off a chair while watching the film.一家公司为了保持连续五年的安全记录，给工人们放一部旨在鼓励工人在作业时要戴安全防护镜的影片，具有讽刺意味的是，观看这部电影时，不少工人被影片中血淋淋的场面惊得魂飞魄丧，倒是引发事故一大串！

记忆点：1. to encourage 鼓励；2. safety goggle2 安全防护镜； 3. depiction 描绘； 4. gory: covered with blood 血淋淋的 5.industrial accidents 工业意外； 6. graphic 生动的7. 轻度受伤; 8. in one’s rush to 在某人急匆匆地做某事时 9. to faint: to lose consciousness 昏迷；醒来为“to come to”; 10. 需要缝7针 11. ironically 具有讽刺意味地 irony9 讽刺
 

4.    The Chico, California, City Council enacted11 a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
Chico市颁布的这个禁令有点过头啦！ 有哪个老百姓能够引爆核弹呢？还只罚款500美金?

记忆点：1. to enact10 a ban
颁布一项禁令；2. nuclear weapons, 核武器；3.detonate 引爆

5.    A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians12 had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.
一部载有仅仅五名乘客的巴士被撞，竟然冒出十四名充当受害人的路人，世风日下啊！

记忆点：1. to arrive on the scene 抵达现场，behind the scene在幕后； 2. pedestrian 步行者； 3. to board 登车（船，飞机等）。E.g. You can board your plane now. Flight PA319 is now boarding. “Boarding pass”就是“登机牌”；4. pedestrian 行人；~ underpass 行人地下过道； 5. to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain 抱怨挥鞭样损伤和背疼，这是撞车意外主要的受伤种类；抱怨后面只能够接“of, about”。E.g. Stop complaining about the weather!
名词是： complaint; 医生在给病人询问病情时通常说： What’s your complaint? 您哪里不舒服？
Customer complaint 顾客抱怨。
 

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1 counterfeit 1oEz8     
vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的
参考例句：
  • It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
  • The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。
2 goggle pedzg     
n.瞪眼，转动眼珠，护目镜；v.瞪眼看，转眼珠
参考例句：
  • His insincerity is revealed by the quick goggle of his eyes.他眼睛的快速转动泄露了他的不诚实。
  • His eyes seemed to goggle larger than usual behind the heavy lenses.在厚厚的镜片后面，眼睛瞪得比平时大得多。
3 goggles hsJzYP     
n.护目镜
参考例句：
  • Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
  • My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾，所以我看不见。
4 machinery CAdxb     
n.(总称)机械，机器；机构
参考例句：
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
  • Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
5 depiction f490e01c7396351ff1441f8162831f34     
n.描述
参考例句：
  • Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
  • A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。
6 gory Xy5yx     
adj.流血的；残酷的
参考例句：
  • I shuddered when I heard the gory details.我听到血淋淋的详情，战栗不已。
  • The newspaper account of the accident gave all the gory details.报纸上报道了这次事故中所有骇人听闻的细节。
7 graphic Aedz7     
adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的
参考例句：
  • The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。
8 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
9 irony P4WyZ     
n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄
参考例句：
  • She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
  • In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
10 enact tjEz0     
vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演
参考例句：
  • The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
  • For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
11 enacted b0a10ad8fca50ba4217bccb35bc0f2a1     
制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
  • Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
12 pedestrians c0776045ca3ae35c6910db3f53d111db     
n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》