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
Adonis pseudoamurensis
Aglaiocypris
air bumper
ameiosis parthenogenesis (white 1945)
America-Firster
angle of sides
Aqtau
balanced lethals (muller 1917)
bimanual version
bucklandite
centrophenoxine
chambal r.
Chlorella ellipsoidea
Christmases present
circumcisionism
Cladrastis lutea
cognitive miser
compiler support
controlled marker
corrosive bittern brine
DC power station
delay conditioning
dercetina azumai
disguisest
dismultation
distalization
duty free zone
entomosporium eriobotryal takimoto
exponential pathlength distribution
face-plate rheostat
Forsythia Vahl
fratty
Gauss-Newton-Raphson (GNR) method
genus Myrmeleon
gianluca
go mini
Great White Spot
Groe-nouw macular corneal dystrophy
hand into
hematopoietic effect
high performance communication equipment
hydremic
hyothyroid membrane (or thyro-hyoid membrane)
IACOMS
impressio lienalis
interdeck
invt., invty.
kierens
knock-out drum
knowledge assets
lack a quorum
long-term investments
Lunkha
lyoniums
Marsden
materials type flow process chart
medullary, medullar
non sequence
Nutting
optimum feed location
organization audited
overedit
parent moment
paretti
Petroleos Mexicanos
pollution tax
posterior labial vein
private forest
radioactive labeling experiments
retail shrinkage
rhamnosyltransferase
ring clamp
ropewalkers
salopes
San Marco, C.
semantic space
semitasteful
septen
shumway
Shūl, Rūd-e
silberston
simpla
slanger
stage control
station open from sunrise to sunset
stored-up
subsidies for home leaves
sulphide corrosion
tax home
Tetrachlorosalicylanilide
there is no way
top spinning
trade name aspirin
Tribulus terrestris
turbulent shear stresses
type of index numbers
vital dynamics
white simile paper
wither up
wood-splitter
WR (Whiteshell Research Reactor)
Yandǒk-gun