美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-7-24
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(七)月
This is AP news minute.
1. Donald Trump 1 is preparing for his speech at the republican national convention Thursday night. The republican presidential nominee 2 will be introduced by his daughter Ivanka.
2. Meanwhile, Texas senator Ted 3 Cruz is not backing down from his refusal to endorse 4 his former rival. His speech on Wednesday was not taken well by many in the GOP, including Newt Gingrich, who said delegates were hoping Cruz would work to unify 5 their party.
3. Secretary of state John Kerry hosted a global meeting to combat the Islamic State, with defense 6 and foreign ministers attending from several countries. The Anti-IS coalition 7 is working to rebuild Iraq as it takes territory from the militants 8 and stop further attacks.
4. Sotheby's is hoping to break a world record for the price of a prewar car sold at auction 9. Next month, they will put this 1939 Alfa Romeo up for auction and they hope it will fetch about $15 million.
Padmananda Rama, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- 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。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
- I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。
- How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
- It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。
- 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。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。