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
adjustable horizontal stabilizer
Adusa
American blight
anaclinal
andaspis mori
anti-rumble
application of a surface
aristogeiton
atom-blitz
bacille Calmette Guerin
backcross
best rate of climb
binary alloy
biological therapy
births
boo boos
brilliant pink 5g
canon cancrizans
carcinoma of Cowper's glands
carrier bed
chalkis
claybord
complex fraction
composite hypotheses
comyt
Convolvulus arvensis
CRPO
cubic-spline function
definite iteration
demeton-methyl
desglucoruscoside
Diahexan
diffluency
diplommatina tadai
dredging pipe
Dwekehn
exporter-shipper
eythe
fabrefactions
family thymelaeaceaes
field-theoretic
flat gliding turn
foil window
form feed character
funny ha-ha
gamma-msh
Graecia Magna
high burn up
homogeneity assumption
Hrabal, Bohumil
Hydrophiloidea
instanced
iodoacetal
joltheaded
kairomane
Kampong Lintang
landslide(landslip)
leach out
life area
lowest safe water line
ma-and-pa
macrophoma quercicola togashi
Majaguas, Embalse
manubrium mallei
mclendon
mugs off
mungen
musical dramas
Neapolitan yellow
non-composite signal
Notonecta
novel of manners
nutkin
original thought
peltoperlids
pharbitis
Pipil
ploughhorse
pneumatic power hammer
pneumonomete
preach up
PRINTCON
purpura factitia
record form
red sponge
refining loss
rust cleaning
semi-continuous distillation
six bit byte
snowbelt
solar beam plan
solid rolled center
spotted salamanders
square net winch
target-location
temporary context change
u-shaped curve
varnished tube
wall of fire
wood barging
write a fair hand
Zak