美联社新闻一分钟 AP 科学家将VR应用于恐惧症治疗
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2018(九)月
This is AP News Minute.
President Donald Trump 1 says Supreme 2 Court nominee 3 Brett Kavanaugh is anxious to defend himself against accusations 4 he sexually assaulted a woman in high school. Trump says he totally supports his nominee and said he doesn't think the FBI should be involved in investigating the allegation.
Hundreds of people waited in long lines for water and other essentials in Wilmington, North Carolina. The city is still mostly shut off by rising waters days after hurricane Florence hit. Officials say Florence is responsible for at least 34 deaths in the region.
A Russian reconnaissance plane has been downed by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli airstrike, killing 5 all 15 people on board. The Russian Defense 6 Ministry 7 has accused Israel of deliberately 8 using the Russian plane as a cover to dodge 9 Syrian defenses and has threatened to retaliate 10.
And researchers at the University of Washington are using virtual reality to treat people's phobias. Experts predict that one day people will be able to treat phobias like a fear of heights, fear of spiders at home using VR.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- 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。
- 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。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。