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
aesopia cornuta
aksarays
alar wall
American bison
angle bending machine
antistatics
architomia
augmente
autogenous roasting
ave atque vale
built-up mandrel
cardiodynamics
carrier transposition
chemical calculation
chromosome loop
CI-914
CLIQ
cntrs
cornea globoSa
crew over
cutting nippers
cybermarketplaces
Dalwangan
defederates
difference detection
disquietings
diterra
Dolby TrueHD
dulah
duplicato-ternate
earth-mercury trajectory
Edesheim
electrical stimulus
Erchen Tang
ex facie absolute disposition
Fimbristylis bisumbellata
follow control system
freezing over
gamblerlike
gang circuit
Geothlypis
glucuronide
goety
hawlinge
heat exhaustion
hooked-back
hostis humani generis
hydrocalcites
immonohistochemical
Indian spring low water
intercircle
International Association of Athletics Federations
Juniville
kiwi-fruit jam
laisser aller
ledatron
Lindemann glass
logic routing
Louis Seize
maggoty-pies
misteries
mmo
mycerinus
Nizhneudinsk
nonselective foliage contact spray
one-eyed monsters
pelagiids
phenotypic male
pigment paper process
political climate
pornita
porous fibre tube
pot-valiant
primitive cartilage
print procedure
rated maximum temperature
readjusts
regazzoni
Reinecke's acid
removal shield
reservation park
Riaza
saxicavous
scientific run-time library routine
semi-sphere
semihomogeneous reactor
sharing of duplicate equipment
shearing force influence line
shot-bag
soap-boiler
Sotatene
spillikin
structure member operator
supravaginal
tabacco cutter
thermodecomposition
Thizy
time-driven system
to cultivate
top iron
William Wymark Jacobs
Yoshiya