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
506
abort switch
accounting consultation
acoustic ocean-current meter
Adduser
alduronic acid
arousingly
arsenic butter
be glued to sth
benzoyl naphthol
bleaching catalyst
Chassidim
Chernyshëva, Gryazh
circuit of the cells
colloidgen
column heading
cul tural lag
DC (dead center)
dependent local end marking
domestic animals manure
dry return
dual duct system
endoxemia
entry words
epidemiophobia
erosion loss
euphemismus
every body
excluded cargo
Exoascaceae
fluidizing apparatus
foreconsciousness
fractionte contraction
free product
fugitive landlord
get-rich-quicker
guidance specialist
heading course
heel bracket
hit the airwaves
holcuss
hydroxycorticosterone
ichno-
insomnic
interwreathed
intra-organizational
king-post roof
Kuehneosaurus
light of heart
local engineering circuit
lomasome
magnetic circuit law
margarosanite
Matapalo
Maure
meneress
metraste
micronychosis
moccasin foot
multi-play
naloxonazine
natural limit
Nerchinskiy Rayon
noise effect
Novoarkhangel's'k
o.d. (outside diameter)
orielle
parallax inequality
phosphomolybdic
phosphor-dope
pneumatologically
police states
Pollia minor
presspeople
prunus persica batsch var.scleronucipersica rehd.
pulsating electric source
quantivalenc
retrotransposal
sales price index
sharp set
silicon on insulating substrate
single biased relay
spaced loaging
special legacy
spectrotemporal
stealthy materials
subcookie
superderivations
surmise
take ... eyes off
tangent mechanism
taxing authority
Tezu
thelton
then-like
tool-head traversing screw
Udskoye
voltage waveform aberration
Whangarum Harb.
whiteschists
write oneself out
Yasnogorsk