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
a ladies' man
Abū 'Ajāj, Jab.
acute coronary insufficiency
alexandrovich
ALGOL-like bracket
Alimenazine
ambulacral system
apparent
asbestos abatements
at all hours
be mild of manner
be worn to a shadow
bernoulli principle
brownian motion force
cauliflower top
champsodon snyderi
choneroblastoma
cone cup
control valve operating lever
crystal syrup
daily devotional
die-casting
distodorsally
divergenceless
during good behavior
eat sb. out of house and home
elat-
electronic firing circuit
enharmonic key
excretory
face plate thread guard screw
facework
field board
Fluibil
foot bellow
genus epilachnas
graphic texture
grasswrens
grubhouse
half excretion time
Heymans
high-speed storage
hydrophobic bonding
in ... sights
ionizing radiation counting technique
Isma'ili
Julia set
KALKABRINO
kneesy
lapdancers
Laun
macro-observation
mahanes
master's larch larix masteriana rehd. et wils.
methylanthramycin
microprosopus
miscategorisation
mode field diameter
neutron density
new and irradiated fuel (subassembly) store
not hear of
nova-like variable
Organa circumventriculares
partitioning off
perixenitis
photochromogenic mycobacteria
quaffing wine
rattle the big drum about
ready to use spray reagent
regular parabolic arch
Roux's sera
run-out field of bubble
Sand Hills
sannah
selector switches
sharp-edged attack
sharpshoots
Silence is gold
sodicgedrite
sorbo
southeastward
spack attacks
sportively
stellar generator
stenostomy
substantive matter
tectine
termtimes
thiethylperazine dimaleate
toast water
trigger detection
truing of grinding wheel
Turkwel
ultraracism
ultraviolet and visible detector
umts
unsymmertrical
vertical convergence distance
voltage-controlled phase shifter
weddinggoers
winding volume