英语新闻课件2016年重点.ppt

News Briefing May 8th Mothers Day 与“母亲”相关的有趣英文表达 1. mother hen 关心他人冷暖的人；婆婆妈妈的人 Sandhu is like a mother hen, catering to?the students?every need. 桑德胡就像个妈妈桑一样，满足学生们的各种需求。 2. mother figure 慈母般的人，母亲的化身 It was similar to having a mother figure—but she was also our strength and conditioning coach. 她就像我们的母亲一样，同时还兼任我们的力量和健身教练。 3. mother-naked （像刚出生时那样）一丝不挂的，赤条条的 Dan was lying mother-naked. 丹赤条条地躺在那儿。 4. mother wit 天资，常识 When you have to live by your mother wit, old boy, I hope you may get on better than I do. 老兄，当你需要靠常识生存的时候，我希望你的境遇能比我好一些。 5. mothers milk hardly dries on lips 乳臭未干，形容人幼稚 Your mothers milk has hardly dried on your lips and you want to go into the army! 你还是个乳臭未干的小子呢，竟然想着要去参军！ 6. tiger mother 虎妈，对子女学业要求严厉的母亲 My?friend John?has a tiger mother. 我朋友约翰有个虎妈。 加拿大森林大火火势难控 A fire fighting helicopter works over wildfires that continue to threaten Fort McMurray neighborhoods in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2016.? The wildfire in western Canada has ballooned to 85,000 hectares in Fort McMurray overnight and is now billowing across a wide front south of the city, a senior official said Thursday.?一名高级官员周四表示，一夜之间，加拿大西部麦克默里堡发生的大火就蔓延到8.5万公顷范围内，现在正如波浪般跨过城市南部宽广的前线。 【balloon to/billow】?Balloon做动词指“膨胀，涨大，使激增”，balloon to也就是“激增至……”。 Billow做名字指“巨浪，如波涛滚滚而来之物”；做动词则指在波涛中翻滚，扬起，鼓起；比如：The curtains billowed in the breeze.（窗帘在微风中鼓了起来。） The fire, which broke out early this week, has forced a massive evacuation, said Alberta Premier Rachel Notley one day after the province declared a state of emergency.?艾伯塔省省长诺特利称，这次的森林大火于本周早些时候发生，大量人群被迫紧急疏散。发表此番言论前一天，该省已宣布进入紧急状态。 【state of emergency】?state of emergency就是指的“紧急状态”，宣布进入紧急状态，就用declare a state of emergency来表示。 【break out】火灾、战争等的爆发，都可以用break out来表示。 Supercharged by winds of up to 70 km/h, the Fort McMurray wildfire has grown 8 times larger Wednesday night and is expected to continue to burn out of control Thursday as more than 1,110 firefighters, 145 helicopters and 22 air tankers are fighting to protect homes and critical infrast