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
Acanthopanax fargesii
accommodation way
acromio-iliac presentation
argentometry
ashdods
bean aphids
betear
boesel
bulrush millets
cab project node
cascade noise
cathode bias resistor
cephalopteruss
circumlocutionary
Co-eternal
columnar cells
compacience
comparative private international law school
creamless
devenustated
dissevering
eager beavers
El Progreso
electrical equvalent of calorie
Entamoeba gingivalis
enteric coated tablet
error equation
europe-wide
fighter aircraft
final accounting of revenue and expenditure
forward tape wind without data read (wo)
four wheel drive grader
franco border
front connection type
gear-milling-machine
girl student
greetings cards
guanidine method
heaging effect
hermaphrodisy
hierarchical multiprogramming
high pressure synthesis
historied
hohlfeld
in-pulp electrolysis
Inimutaba
insect-flower
invadable
inventoryitem
keep faith
Kra R.
labor force population
landscape science
Lesser Heat
main-steam outlet
maximum-likelihood errorcorrecting parser
mitrids
multiple passette
nesting or recursive structure
non steady
Omax
osteospermum
overcharge price
papalities
pay...on account
pericarpium citri
PNCV
power-supply network
protocol-independent
Purbeckian stage
query expansion
reliable operating value
repeat purchases
reverse dilution analysis
runanga
sagittaly
sancticolist
scientific subroutine library
scourging
serial i/o error condition
shipping registrar
side-project
sound treatment
supporting culture
swing of water turbine generator set
symptoms
syslog
Thamnocalamus
to hit it off
tool on-demand
tradeadvertising
traguss
trousered undercarriage
Udorskiy Rayon
Vann
vastus intermedius
vegetative nervous activity
ventral cornus
Vosselaar
with all your heart
woodedness
zoophysiologist