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
a wide margin
abscopal
Ambonnay
angolas
angular mil
antipersonnel weapon
azumia
Bethe-Salpeter equation
bipartite wagering
blood-activating formula
booking records
borri
brankoes
brevi manu
bundle of quadrics
byar
c.a.c
captiousness
carbolic acid burn
cargo flexibility
cassidula paludosa
compression index of peat
cryptomere
culicoides (oecacta) alishanensis
Dawson, George Geoffrey
definitized spare parts list
dering
diffusion coefficient for particle fluence rate
dihydrosanguinarine
disemboweler
door lock rod bracket
dry defecation
employment stability
enzymatic peptide synthesis
equipment-leasing
etat crible
Etherprint
extension cords
forechoose
fsh releasing hormone
Gachsaran
gain pole
got the picture
gridlocking
hackerspace
high-involvement purchase
Hutsonville
hydraulic swing-arm press
i-mengd
idealities
incurva
inset hinge compensator
isophasm
Kapyong-ni
karmenu
keep one's way
kilocoulombs
life-spans
linguopalatals
Loreto, Dep.de
low-key
medium pore
messaoud
metacerebrum
Moriscan
multi jet operation
musselwhites
non-Gasussian light
pancha sila
pay lip service to
piconet
program function
Proportion Reinsurance
reciprocal mimicry
Rubus treutleri
screw that
sea area A1
search count
segments of spinal cord
spot pain
static writing
subsequent condition
supercruiser
swoo
systemic circuIation
take to one's heels
thiefed
time-varying channel with delay spread
total contract value
transilluminations
tuft row
understocking
unethically
unstabilised
unstratified languages
urea-ammonia liquor b
vicariousness
vivian chow
wambui
weigh in
White solution
zeus fabers