时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(九)月


英语课

 


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.



1 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • 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。
2 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。
3 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。
4 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • 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。
5 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
6 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
7 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • 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。
8 deliberately
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
  • 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。
9 dodge
v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计
  • A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪,才没被车从身上辗过。
  • The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
10 retaliate
v.报复,反击
  • He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
  • It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。
学英语单词
accretion learning
actinosome
Alexander Wilson
angle of polygon
baked mold
bc-ad
bed of nail
belaying cleat
beslaving
bladder puncture
budgetary planning
cabezone
Cantu, R.
catechetic
chaetosphaeronema euphorbiae
chilla
chokas
chubby chasers
civic-education
coal drying system
cobbes
coches
cofficient of variation
condition test
continuous deodorization
coronal mass ejections
crop dust
Cruzy
cumol
deformalise
dipions
dynamic systems development method
electric field scanning
electronic data transmission
endocythere bielii
farm household economy
fire safety measure
firebreather
flanneled
foresuffered
forever and a day
functional database
handstitched
hasbarats
high-roads
holdings of shares
Ihwa-dong
inconel
initial stack placement
injoints
job-performance
K rations
kiln car
metallic pearly luster
mold drip
MS Word
night snack
no longer
Nyse
overburden
overresponses
paragastrioceratids
parched lips
passing loops
planetary gear train
popely
position sense
preventive discipline
psychobiographer
quality factor q of cavity
raise the roof
read/write drive
real fuselage upsweep
renouncing
repetency
room-temperature property
routinizes
Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida model
Scleria scrobiculata
self-searchings
sharp thread
soil discharging facility
southbridges
Strongyloididae
subconjunctival capillaries
suspended
Takacillin
Take position
tautnesses
the only one
the piano
tod
Tournaisian
tradescantia pallida
trial balloon
unacceptable clause
Urtica laetevirens
verhede
when the chips are down
Yitzhak
zavecz
zhejiangs