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
1-nitro-2-naphthylamine
agich
air lift tank
al-karims
alarm logging
Aletris alpestris
alleve
allowable axle loading
amynthas tungpuensis
Anemone saniculiformis
artificial florist
ascariasis of liver
asterubin
atmosphere temperature transducer
bar and tube machine
bienvenues
bitruncated
block-type turbine
body-esteem
boiling water test
calorie conversion factor
Cameron Falls
classical linguistics
Clendening L.
concrete sinker
conversion gain or loss
corker
diniprofyline
Dioulabaya
Dowty prop
drugable
electrical dental instrument
emery-covered roller
encavern
EU-1086
exo-erythrocytic
finite nucleus
flax meal
franklinian goesyncline
frapp
g'day
gay liberation
gomolka
ground contact length of track
havenhill
hihe
IDE port
illegals
imperium
importance(of a flare)
integration system
internal inguinal ring
jirgas
Komou
laminar sublayer
League of Arab States
Lexus lanes
linosaite
loess foundation
longitudinal channel wave
MATHILDE
mid-point anchor
ministry of audit
mother of thyme
multi-manager
neural sheath
non-woven
nought the less
Okhinskiy Rayon
oryzaephilus surinamensis
ossa intermetatarseum
out-of-range
palaics
parable
parking fee
pepperoncino
poucher
ratchet magnetic pulse oscillator
ratooner
reading ladder
reinforced button
round-edged steel flat
rutaceous plants
scouting trip
senile emphysema
senior captain
slammers
sleazoid
Smeeni
snowflake
sole owner
staging erection
Steig, William
sweet citron
syngenta
terminal marking piece
together-in
travel of contact finger
ullage stick
Vilcanota, Cord.de
watertight layer
wind channel