时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. The bodies of 35 people killed in the earthquake in central Italy were taken to a small cemetery 1 in a mountain town on Saturday. At least 290 people were killed in the quake. But the death toll 2 could rise as the recovery efforts continue. 


2. Syrian rebels who were evacuated 3 from the Damascus suburb Daraya arrived in Idlib, as part of deals struck with the Syria government. The deal dictates 4 around 700 rebels will be allowed safety exit from Daraya, while some 4,000 civilians 5 will be taken temporarily to a shelter south of the suburb. 


3. Donald Trump 6 is receiving criticism from a tweet he sent after NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin was fatally gunned down near a Chicago school. Trump mentioned the incident on Twitter and asserted "African Americans will vote Trump". Some have criticized Trump's record with black voters, accusing him of trying to appeal to them too late.  


4. A pair of stranded 7 U.S mariners 8 put out a signal for help and were noticed. The two mariners wrote a giant SOS message in the sand of an uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii. A U.S navy aircraft flew over the message and made the rescue on Friday. 


Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
2 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
3 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
4 dictates
n.命令,规定,要求( dictate的名词复数 )v.大声讲或读( dictate的第三人称单数 );口授;支配;摆布
  • Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. 依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He always follows the dictates of common sense. 他总是按常识行事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
6 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
7 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
8 mariners
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式)
  • Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
  • The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。
学英语单词
aflatoxins B
Afzelius layer
amoks
authigenesis
Azmacort
bloomery
branches of twelve regular channels
bromostyrene
Brudzinski sign
Bua R.
Bumiputras
cell phone jammer
change cutting
chartrooms
chowns
cine coronary arteriography
Claudius II Gothicus
coherent interphase interface
counterseal
crown of burner
cumulosol
Dalton-in-Furness
decision node
DiaBeta
diphospho-pyrimidine
disaster recovery planning
dissymmetry coefficient
dngioma arteriale racemosum
ductility material
Dürrenboden
electrical indicating instrument
elliptical orbit
eye and eye turnbuckle
eye rhymes
flyting
folding-stock anchor
Gylling Næs
hekistoplankton
hepatothrombin
high-temperature lubricant
Huron R.
idempotent property
Inca de Oro
Israelitic, Israelitish
kernel stiffiness matrix
kersibufogenin
lainey
language understanding system
LI (level indicator)
light-alloy
list form
living anionic polymerization
measurements of packing cases
misrepresentaations
molhah
multi function observer
Neisseria flavescens
normal alignment
NRAB
nucleoside
Padma Shri
papacies
papionines
pelvic inflammatory disease,PID
Pinctada margaritifera
po-mo
primary rack
progressive development
promethea
proportional sampler
put your head down
quantitative examination
ramon y cajals
register of actions
ring mosaic
saidiya
sciatic scoliosis
shengo
Simon Newcomb
size down
slope steepness
slush molding
sophisticating
St James Parish
stated meetings
strunt
sum of squares(ss)
tazzes
technical consultative service
thick-section casting
transport category aircraft (u.s.)
two-decked
unclassed oncorhynchus masou necrosis disease
unpay
vaginal door
ventricular heat insulation
Vulpian's effect
warping
Webber
westshore
xanthosine-5'-monophosphate
young-eyed