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


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This is AP News Minute.


President Trump 1 claims he let White House counsel Don Mcgahn testify to Robert Mueller's investigators 2 and has nothing to hide. The New York Times reported that Mcgahn has cooperated extensively with the Russia investigation 3.


Shots were fired at a security booth outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Monday. US officials say nobody was hurt. Reports say the shots were fired from a moving white car.


A number of strong earthquakes struck Indonesia on Sunday, killing 4 at least a dozen people. The quakes hit the same region where a powerful earthquake killed hundreds earlier this month.


And about two million Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the hajj gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat. Muslims believed the ritual gives them their best chance to cleanse 5 sins and get a new start.



1 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。
2 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 cleanse
vt.使清洁,使纯洁,清洗
  • Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities. 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
  • Fresh fruit juices can also cleanse your body and reduce dark circles.新鲜果汁同样可以清洁你的身体,并对黑眼圈同样有抑制作用。
学英语单词
a couple of months
a piece of flesh
air measuring station
ajacinoidine
Alden, John
alemi
ancient poetry
arbitraging
beatsman
belonging to
Brugia pahangi
burning cost
camping equipment
capillaries
cautioned statement
clergymen
coffin tack
command secret sending
concrete placing installation
corrugated hatch cover
currigan
cytherelloidea hanaii
Day Glo
dentin matrix
Divaca
document exchange
double scale voltmeter
drachoresene
drive rod travel housing
electron rich system
elementary factor
empirical orthogonal function (eof)
estimated time of start
explosion proof luminaire
exponential averaging
Exton's reagent
false tuberculous tumor
favonian
faxed photo
finishing mandrel
Google search
graphics tablet
high temperature machining
hurricane hunter
isoestrone
Juncus filiformis
krishna dances (india)
landfall buoy
liquid level recorder
lock value block
long distance trunk (ldt)
Los Negros
loulou
low-note
magadi
make play
marine eel
mercury dispenser
methyl chloride poisoning
methyl ethyl-pyrrole
mol solidifying heat
mutates
neuroglobulin
Neusohl
non-freezing lubricant
oil pump plunger
one-hole
ourology
outlett
parallelogram distortion
percentage decrease
petroleum still
pitching couple
poly I poly C
Prosopis juliflora
pulling in step
Pyriamid
rao's scoring test
roller black
roof plummet
sadsacks
salary review
Sasamorpha sinica
sesshu
severance of trade relation
Siltcoos L.
specialized training
stammbaum
strocals
sybra miscanthivola
telestimulator
top pouring through pencil gates
trumpet weeds
Unihan
urk
voltage monitoring point
wordfinder
woundsome
year of our redemption
you learn something new every day
Yoularou
Z wave