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 bleeding heart
abhorful
absolutely stable
Acetomonas
Achnacarry Agreement
allocentrics
amniophylline
batch input reader
be with
blasucci
bouel
Brokenburg
bromosalicylaldehyde
caffein
cassia fasciculatas
catterpillar
cave fauna
coherence effect
Coltirot
consestometer
craniometry
crystallizing pond
DAML
Dawan Formation
dead reckoning indicator
dejongs
die platen
divid.
dodderel
egede
electromagnet armature
esmirtazapine
finishing tap
genus Eryngium
genus paliuruss
grep model
groaner
ground thrust
hack hammer
Hattush
high-handednesses
holabird
howyas
IFF device
impelling force
International Meeting on Radio Aids to Marine Navigation
interrupt the main program
inverted canon
isobaric triplet
jack tar fashion
Kim Anh
kooba
la fere
liability for the risk of loss
light weight section
lipofilling
machine code and languages
main bearing of underslung type
mateos
metric martyr
metric waves
molecular oxygen complex
monometrosis
mos field effect transistor mos
Neodesha
network-topological approach
non-discriminations
nonnarcissistic
nonreviewing
nonswappable storage
pacifistically
parameter of material
plate culture method
pneopneic reflex
posterior obturator tubercle
preparative scale sample
propyltri-n-amyltin
randells
RDCA
Red Steppe
refuelling truck
reinstigates
resist printing paste
round bar davit
Slovincian
sphero-conic harmonic function
sprunted
stear-
stratigraphy
strigilator
subregion
symposium on court management
Tallahala Creek
tarsals
tetraplatin
thallic chloride
the legend of sleepy hollow
threshold degeneracy
unsuccessful call
us rating
vampirine
zigzag closing machine