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
aeolina
Algeresque
alongside time
angle of the v belt
aqua vitae
Archippus
Atraotydin
barium cacodylate
biventricular pacemaker
body shell
bottom outlet
Bunnanaddan
cardo (pl. cardines)
cast of all lines
cobn
collector tube
conk out
contemporary optics
creolise
CSMA (carrier sense multiple access)
curve crank
decoloratus Boophilus
deep-sea merchant ship
demonstrative adjectives
designated driver
dezinkify
dookie
earning-capacity standard
eccliseogyra capitata
electronic rotary viscosimeter
English Pale, the English Pale
fearlessness
flexible nonmetallic tubing
Gaytonian
genus eriophorums
genus passifloras
git
glaring
herniation of the nucleus pulposus
index of price received by farmer
jerk around
Kanūgar
kingu
laminated shims
landors
lecanorchis virella
Liopropoma
London School of Economics
Manhay
margthe
match arc
maziar
microencapsulation
microprogram address
minhoes
monotypism
myrmecia
narcissists
nitrogen atom
obex
obsessive reminiscence
over drive clutch pawl
pan-Slav
panchreston
paste ink
performance loss
Phacidicae
plumb level
Pohnpeian
principal direction of curvature
raling
recordable optical disc drives
reoffending
Riverians
rosennes
rotating dipole method
Rubus niveus
sandberries
selective drainage method
self-aligning plunger line switch
set at large
shoot ahead of
Sirpur
solar-weather
solid hold pillar
strowans
structured English
sword-shaped
tannens
teeming
Term of No Salvage Charges
timber bridge
troutdale
turd burglar
ultraphysical
wave height forecast
wave survey
went along with
white bait
Whitsuntiding
Windows for Workgroup
zealotist