时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(九)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. Donald Trump 1 vowed 2 to boost defense 3 spending by tens of billions dollars. His comments came in a Philadelphia speech when he outlined his defense plans. 


2. It took an act of Congress, but World War II pilot Elaine Harmon was finally laid to rest at Arlington national cemetery 4. Harmon was one of the women's service pilots, the group of women flew military aircrafts on non-combat missions. Harmon's family fought to secure spot for the women at Arlington. 


3. Brazil's new president attended his first independence parade. The country is celebrating its independence in amidst its tense political crisis. The festivities come weeks after the permanent ouster of now president Dilma Rousseff. 


4. Venezuela's economic crisis is taking its toll 5 on the nation's pets. Foster chose between feeding themselves or their beloved cats or dogs. Middle-class Venezuelans are abandoning their fellow friends in city parks and shelters. They say they just don't have enough money to feed themselves and their pets. 


Padmananda Rama, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



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。
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
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。
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
学英语单词
ablunet
Agblangandan
alt bit
ancillary measurement
apogonia kamiyai
approximative
automatic termination of cover clause
average standard of living
azimuth orientation
biddix
birthlands
borrowed money account
bregmate
call something off
Carvalhal
chlorophthalmus acutifrons
Coahuila, Estado de
Cochlianthus
colibacillosis gravidarum
costusroot
critical (developmental) period
demi-hunters
detention cell
Distylium tsiangii
dust analyzer
ectinosomid
Enfd.
enfeeblement
euthermal belt
excess demand tariff
f.i.s.c.s
Fallopia aubertii
Farey series
Favistan
flat volley
fundamental ripple frequency
garden rakes
gas laser altimeter
global partnering
godets
goumeziane
hartschiefer
hindering of dislocation
imprescriptible
kedarnath pk.
lacrimal canalosseous
lay the foundation
layaway sales
lineshaft
luthi
marosiagon uninotaticolle
mass degradation
mega-retailers
methylthiobenzoic
microtribological
Montpezat-sous-Bauzon
multigraphs
nesslerizing
noise balancing circuit
non-self-luminous surface
nondimorphic
O-Commerce
odenwald
off form
overlap length
pachylaelaps magnus
parrotted
pays out
Pepto-Bismol
petroleum company gross earnings tax
phenylisothiocyanate(PITC)
pin eye
pit drainage pump
pitot traverse
policy-holders
prairie berry
pressure-difference valve
primary radical
psychrotolerant
Pādra
Reyssouze
rhabdornises
Riparbella
small-town
soliah
straight-through pulverized coal burner
tail recursive evaluation
takht
tertiary colo(u)r
tiebar strok
time slot width
TMRW
trachelate
twist-er
u.t
unconsolidated undrained test
unique-identity
urethane polymer (see polyurethane)
V-T
vocalizational
weegees
wynand