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
aboriginary
absconded swarm
airplane rule
alighting speed
arisaema japonicum bl.
astern guardian
attribute testing
B-SAg
baking powder
baldries
brewer's mole
Buddha's hand citron
California sampler
chlorohydrin
construction work quantity
core assembly
creatinkinase
cut deal
cut-off computer
cutting edged blood lancet
day-shifts
denture adaptability
discus throwers
Doumergue, Gaston
dual transactions assumption
ecclesiastess
ecological approach
engine ignition
envelope virus
euterpnosia kotoshoensis
factorization of transformation
Fargesia caduca
final-stage engine
finalisers
forest fires
get a hank over
gothic-style
government of men
graus
hair follici mite
halatinous
halococcus
Harmonites
helico
heyuen
Hill plot
imibenconazole
inflatable closure
kallak
latent reserve
leafcutter ants
ligt resistor
liopropoma aragai
maritime buoyage
matrix semigroup
mean streak
medium-depth
methyl nitrate
open system transmission
overacted
Pintwater Range
poly(hydroxy-acetic acid) fibre
post audit
precession constant
problem with equality constraint
pseudoapospory
pulse-coincidence circuit
pyramidal fracture of maxilla
quad pairing
ranging IR-system
relief cock
rhodanese
right-handed machine
rigid conduit
rip cord, rip-cord
road crossing design
S.B.E.
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
sirmate
skither
small-quantity
sokolov distance
spindle arm
step transmission
stowage chock
supplementary area
swamp post-oak
Tabrimon
taper-bored spindle
testfired
the Special Olympics
time transgressive (diachronous)
timing center
torquato
transfer memory
trap door
truckdriver
uncomparable
vailful
weider
western narrow-mouthed toad
wind pipe for organ