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
acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma
all-in-one pavier
average days of supplying interval
Ayeyarwady
ballast train
block control unit
blue marl
Bol'shaya Griva
bolins
buy low, sell high
carbophobes
chlorotris
Citrus poonensis Tanaka
clampee
coastal accretion
conchi-
conicopoly
correlate(with)
cremationist
cyanmetmyoglobin
cybermessage
dental calculi
diffused base phototransistor
disinhuming
dry neutralization
enamelled resistor
film inspection
follicular dyskeratosis
gas storage room
grameen
greenshank
guilty verdict
hbsag
heat resistance of the scale
heritable obligation
hungarian-language
husayn al ghafus
hyperbaric environment
hypolemmal
individual casting
jmobs
kataphraxis
keep take one's own line
lift spirits
local frrtilizer drill
Lutzville
metallicolous
methoxybutin
Molise
monitoring service
n. tensoris veli palatini
newyne
one-dimension Borel set
ontoanalysis
OOSC
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher(syndrome)
persistent rain
photoinjectors
plexus sacralis anterior
postmeeting
poulders
powerglide
processing of electromagnetic signals
protective colorations
protestations
protocolise
publicservice
Purdy's solution
quenching of gases
Rafinesquina
railway market
rate of head movement
rhinodacryolith
Rhododendron oblancifolium
Rozalén del Monte
saintships
sash cords
self-verification
sheet like superposition
showbiztonight
shriek out
sipmle meningitis
snake pump
square gauge
stability locus
sticky patch
sulfamethoprim
Sunday I.
sweeping molder's horse
tailfan
teatray
tensor muscle
thawed
track along parallel
unblanching
under-cloth
union-made
up to the eyeballs
vice governor
VPW
weir with horizontal wooden sluice
X-band microwave source