时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Trump 1 used a rally in Mississippi to mock Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Supreme 2 Court nominee 3 Brett Kavanaugh. Ford's attorney, on Twitter, called President Trump's words a vicious, vile 4 and soulless attack.


A new report claims President Trump received more than 400 million dollars from his father, much of it through dubious 5 tax scheme or fraud. The White House and President's lawyer both rejected the report in the New York Times.


A volcano erupted in Indonesia, on the same island that an earthquake hit on Friday. Planes were warned about volcanic 6 ash but no evacuations were immediately ordered.


18 people including a congressional candidate were arrested while protesting outside a McDonald's restaurant in Detroit. The demonstrators were calling for a higher minimum wage and the right to form labor 7 unions.



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 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
3 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
4 vile
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
5 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
6 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
7 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
学英语单词
4-hydroxyantipyrine
a cat burglar
abbatoir
act of aggression
addis
adjoint linear differential equation
allele diminution
anticopulatory
Arena Pt.
av-test.org
backward moving average representation
bat-wing sleeve
bathyscaf
Benue River
bestigial sideband (vsb) modulation
biflow
bodypaints
brings up against
Brookings Institution
bucketing
cold mix paving mixture
committee machine
controversialness
cranioscopists
dispersed organic matter
dry grass
dutyless
ecliptic stream
electrostatic dusting
event description from patient
evidence theory
expert systems technology
fauchere
ferruginous schist
flecha
gentisod
have seen the lions
helsing
high manganese zinc alloy
hit on somebody
hitmakers
hladik
HVSD
impartialist
implore sb to do sth
instrument record dynamic range
intravital staining
intromission
ion-selective electrode ion transducer
jamais vus
lemonlime
LGBTphobia
little comfort
lophophoral nerve ring
macnelly
majorizability
mass conservation factor
MF-DBC
Mibsam
millisecond blasting
Milton-Freewater
minimist
MT-RJ
multi-language
myotilin
naval air reserve force (narf)
on-line speed measurement
open-pollination
Orestralyn
other digital techniques
ovenbird
overwetting
paper crimp cup
POLAD
ponced
post-harvest treatment
precrystallization
preliminary screening test
pressure nonuniformity
presumption
procurers
putrefacton
quartisternum
Quelepa
rare occurrence
reloading
rough reading
Sciurus
see something of someone
sodium channel
Soft Light
steam-train
step-down turns ratio
surrended
svcs
the mishnah
tough tuchus
traumatic suggestion
triviality
verbous
well-exercised
yelowse