时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(六)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Donald Trump 1 signed a bill into law Friday designed to make it easier to fire Department of Veterans Affairs employees. Trump cast the signing as a fulfillment of a campaign promise to dismiss VA workers who let the nation's veterans down.


Police are considering manslaughter charges related to the fire at a West London apartment tower that killed at least 79 people. In its most detailed 2 briefing on the investigation 3, the Metropolitan 4 Police confirmed residents' suspicions that the June 14th inferno 5 at Grenfell Tower was touched off by a refrigerator fire.


Four people were injured, one seriously, when a double-decker tour bus got stuck inside a tunnel under a Paris bridge. It happened when the bus took a detour 6 due to a major display of sporting events.


And the Dallas Zoo is sharing video of a gorilla 7 that zoo officials say has a passion for splashin', and his moves look like he is dancing.


Kelly Daschle, 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。
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
adj.大城市的,大都会的
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
n.火海;地狱般的场所
  • Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
  • The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。
n.绕行的路,迂回路;v.迂回,绕道
  • We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走,避开繁忙的交通。
  • He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家,而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。
n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
  • A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。
学英语单词
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a fifteen minutes frequency
Acrocarpus
acute scleritis
amphilinearity
areic region
arteria centralis longa
assigned-risk
autocatalysts
best selected copper
blowing rate
brine system
cage ball
catered to
Catran
century-style
cesar chavezs
circum-antarctic zone sediment
civitas
cluster bombs
colour reflection tube
cracows
cursin
Daju
destressers
dextrinize
diavoloes
dipsosis
direct to line
discontinuous action
drag of anchor
early arrival
economic penetration
enticingness
exterior division
fantagraphics
filtration with varying rate
fleckschiefer
friction-tape
Galiano I.
gorseddau
handhole flange nipple
hydroxyamphetamin
hyposympathicotonus
initial payment
janosite (copiatite)
jargon aphasia
kamila
Khaki Campbell
kid sister
kragdadigheid
land-office
landing net
meliola pandani
minirecession
moerchiella spirata
muck mill
Muurla
national censorship
nearly perfect crystal
nivaslenol
oblique direction
offsetted
oplopomus oplopomus
oscillating disk rheometer
performance of metal
photoperceptor
physico-
Pope Air Force Base
prasem
pre-hexameral
public interest actions
quadrangularness
razor-slash
reliability field testing
relieve sb of sth
rock debris dam
s peak
shieling
smokey
sober down
Spiraea myrtilloides
spring-trip hitch
station peg
straight-cut operation
Switched Virtual Circuit
Tazoghrane(Tāzughrān)
terapixels
texture ratio
through the instrumentality of
tribasilar synosteosis
Tricaime
tries on
twine thread
unexplained
urine sodium
vapour fractometer
versifiable
water hardened wire rod
well control
whole-tone scales
zygotine