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
.ccb
Adelostemma gracillimum
air defense
Aspergillus gliocladium
attorneys-at-law
Bosch, Carl
bromo-methyl-ether
Browning, John Moses
brummer
business-based
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Cisjordania
civil duties
clamp buffer
collura
crematoriums
detergences
didee
direct speech act
direct-examine
doubleedged
dual theory of light
empty container mileage
enclosed cockpit
fillups
fire-float
flavour
flooded type
focalized
follicular carcinonia
fracture control technique
frame pedestal thimble
free-space field intensity
genus chrysophryss
Gratiolet's optic radiation
handshake controller
heating hose coupling
high-q (high quality factor)
highly-rated
hollow-head set-screw
horseshoe life buoy U
huperzia phlegmaria
irmelas
Iroise, Mer d'
isogenies
Jacob's coat
Jangseongho
jobmaker
Konice
kusche
leafy powder
leurne
low blueberry
low refractive high dispersive glass
low-pressure purge
malformation syndrome
manual matching operations
mcui
melodeonists
metal-dielectric filter
midcolonial
miscarry
misphrase
Mlicrococcus mastitidis
multicaulis
mutato nomine de te fabula narratur
nitrogen solution boom
non-directional current protection
non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Norwegian elkhound
nuclei Spinalis nervi accessorii
phthalate anhydride
plastic injection moulding machine
polioencephalotropic
polypnea
pressure equipment
privacy network
prohibition sign
qizhi weitong granules
radar rating
ratchet wrenches
rectifier protection
red-eye special,the
reed type comparator
satellite navigational equipment
scarlet haw
scienticomic
sick-rooms
sotyl
strategic propaganda
Sólheimajökull
temperature-compensated equipment
trial-by-legislature
Trilobitae
tyropanoate
ur(o)-
Virgin Islands
walking over
width of panel
winninish
x-ray analysis (of crystals)