时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday. Authorities say it's likely they are no survivors 1. Investigators 2 are still working to determine the number of victims. 


2. Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of young people to reject a "Couch Potato" existence, and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. They were gathered in a Polish meadow as part of World Youth Day, a global catholic celebration. 


3. Protesters took to the streets of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir despite a curfew, following the killing 3 of a top rebel leader earlier this month. Police officers retaliated 4 by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the pro-Pakistan protesters. 


4. Members of the Olympic Refugee team visited the Christ the redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro,  a day after touching 5 down in Brazil. A group of ten athletes from South Sudan, Syria, Congo and Ethiopia will complete under the Olympic flag, as the first refugee team ever in the history of the Olympics. 


Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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。
v.报复,反击( retaliate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • When he once teased her for her inexperience, she retaliated. 有一次,他讥讽她没有经验,她便反唇相讥。 来自辞典例句
  • The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen. 恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。 来自辞典例句
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
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4tos
abreast of the times
accounting period assumption
after swim
agonisms
appredicate
approximate relief
atrionodal region
be the biz
boarhound
Boussac
Caesar's diet
carrier-pellet
chaff conveyer
cheyletid mite
Citrus Heights
collapsible mould
combantrin
cramps
Cunningham, Glenn
Delphinium majus
discussin'
diver tender
double-taxations
dual fuel combustion engine
Esth.
extra-bed factor
filmgoer
footpiece
forest fire cloud
full fuzing option
glaucomatous cup
globe boiler
goes the extra mile
granolite
gullied area
high strength metallic alloy
hina matsuri (japan)
holding-on bar
homoeocerus pallididulus
ice warning
immanacles
installment loan
investigating and prosecuting apparatus
just ton
kikayon
lead poisoners
lead tetraoxide
legacy duty
magnetoturbulence
malignant lymphadenoma
manaksite
methylene radical
micro machine
mileometers
myentasis
nemertines
nonlinear photomixing
nuclear ship regulation
peripatetic school
phase compound excitation
phonogram
phonograph cutter
photoelectric vibration
pistillate
plastic yield
poetizer
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
puckett
put into effect
qawwalis
red worm,redworm
repetitive control structure
residue half life
roll-necked
root anchor point
rubriblast
severance allowance
shock angle
signal reverberation
single insterest policy
snowgirl
soaring
staggered brushes
steam pocket in water tank of radiator
subhouse drainage system
subluxation of radial head
take ... to court
Tamton
telecommunications line
telescopic gangway
Tereus
thermostat control
thymopoietin
typhlodromus changi
umbrellaed
under way lamp
visit to
waechter
wind cave
wire wraping
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