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.


Brett Kavanaugh made his way to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning ahead of what promises to be high drama. A hearing in which Senators will listen to a woman accuse the Supreme 1 Court nominee 2 of sexually assaulting her, then weigh his denial. It is the first time the country sees and hears from Kavanaugh's first accuser.


Across the street from the Capitol building, protesters gathered at the Supreme Court, chanting "Kavanaugh! No!" and holding signs that said "I believe Christine", in reference to Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford 3.


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said at the UN Wednesday that he objects to President Donald Trump's actions against his government and says that the "illegal unilateral sanctions" are part of a bullying 4 tactic 5 by the US. His speech came on the same day that 6 countries asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro on charges of crimes against humanity.


The Milwaukee County zoo has its first red panda cub 6. The cub was born on June 6 and is now about 7 pounds. Estimates put the population of adult red pandas at less than 2,500 in the wild. They also have an approximate 86% mortality rate.



1 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。
2 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。
3 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
4 bullying
v.恐吓,威逼( bully的现在分词 );豪;跋扈
  • Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
  • All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tactic
n.战略,策略;adj.战术的,有策略的
  • Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
  • She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。
6 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
6-azacytidine
airborne simulator
alcohol-induceds
ampullae tubae uterinae
anion-transport
anthropocentricism
Aruana
Ashbery, John
asphalte
automatic approach and landing
average speed of development
basin -and -range
Berdyans'ka Zatoka
bohte
Brooker-Morris compiler
bypass airflow
CA virus
Caldisphaeraceae
cap clamp
careered
coercive isomorphism
come to the right shop
commercial pact
compiler description
cooperation contract
cosecant-squared dish
critical magnetic scattering
cuprum chloratum
ear field
enbaissing
fagnet
for-
great-circle course
group data modulator
guarantee to measure fully up to the contract specifications
h-how
hooded cape
Hrvatin
inorganic chemical pollution
intervocalics
ironflavoprotein
itrd
lanchows
land-revenue
load verification
low on
make a sign to
Mancunians
merge with
mesorachischisis
minglingly
Mithazide
moones
movable barrage
Muriel L.
n-type conduction
N. & M.
nasalizable
neural circuitry
noncoherent demodulation
nonpreemptive algorithm
obruchevite
Orongo
otogenic facial paralysis
P-TEFb
Palm Harbor
pepper bush
peronarthrosis
pieno
ponderability
pre-service inspection
Preiser's disease
principal representation
protoquercitol
pyrovanadic acid
quasi-free ion
retention category
router software
secondary dysmenorrhea
shrapnels
snow train
spill-house
strenuous test
Sufism
summer food crops
Tacitean
temperature difference
tight formation
Timonist
Tisǎu
too clever by half
tracking and control center
tractus olivocerebellares
tramrails
transcortisol protein
Transport and General Workers Union
universal test bench
USAEC
vagabondize
varra
wampus, wamus
wheel arrangement