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
acanth
air-flushing system
air-passenger
amphicarpaeas
an empty pocket
antiincrustation corrosion inhibi-tor HAG
applied hydrodynamics
artivist
beam scanner
bereyter
bovoside
Brassica oleracea var.italica
carcass standard
carl richard woese
chicken fat
class derivation list
cluster bomb unit system
concrete implementation
cow-call
dispeire
drain(age)
Earl Stonham
egg dance (mediaeval england)
end pressure oil
esterhammer
extrapolation chamber
facepaint
false keelson
fiances
flat bar keel
Franciscans
fuel moisture
futures contract in interbank interest rate
genus Regulus
go mouldy
go on an excursion to
grapy lotion
gridded
handly page wing slot
high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp
HVN
indoor fire hydrant
interpretivist
klorane
lateral damper
Limnocharitaceae
lipomatous polypus
low frequency signal generator
mathematical relations
medium of exchange
mother boards
multiway-classification
n-dodecylamine chloride
Nazombe
nemesia
nonbreast
numeric type
obligation conversion
ominousness
over-see
palletized transport
patriotique
pericardial thickening
physical and mental health
pit aspiration
pneumatic system of aircraft
prebilled
prisage
provisional injunction
PTE-1
quick salting system
Razakar
reaction wood
reparelling
respiratory environment
ricegrower
rim bearing swing bridge
river of movable bed
rock milk
rokugomycin
ruinousness
sample plan
schinck
screwer
selective extractant
sensitive flame
softening point tubes
South Coalsack
Special K, special K
split-second spindle
stage operation
steliogen
supraordinal
teg wool
throwing in the towel
transparent ice
turning fit
ultramarine blue
ultramilitant
uniaxial orientation
unwritter law
vacuum tube powermeter