时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(十)月


英语课

 This is AP News Minute. 1. Pope Francis concluded his visit to Washington DC, the first stop on his three-city tour in the US. Earlier, Francis addressed Congress, calling for an end to the death penalty and again stressing the need to take steps to combat climate change. The pope will be in New York until Saturday morning when he heads to Philadelphia. 2. A horrific stampede at the annual haj pilgrimage on the outskirts 1 of the holy city of Mecca killed at least 717 and injured hundreds more. The tragedy occurred in Mina, a large valley where pilgrims carry out the symbolic 2 stoning of the devil by throwing pebbles 3 against three stone columns. 3. Columbia President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his government and the * group Revolutionary Armed Force of Columbia would reach a peace deal in six months. Santos made the announcement in Cuba’s capital, where both sides have been meeting for peace talks for three years. 4. The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic held their first day of a tank driving competition in eastern Ukraine. Spectators gathered to watch the giant armor machines being maneuvered 4 around the course of fight flags.



n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
adj.象征性的,符号的,象征主义的
  • It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
  • The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )
  • The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。
  • Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石,以确保排水良好。
v.移动,用策略( maneuver的过去式和过去分词 );操纵
  • I maneuvered my way among the tables to the back corner of the place. 我在那些桌子间穿行,来到那地方后面的角落。 来自辞典例句
  • The admiral maneuvered his ships in the battle plan. 舰队司令按作战计划进行舰队演习。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a carreira
acid attack
air-glass reflection
aldosterone deficiency
amaxophobia
amount carried over
asynchronous logic
automatic meter reading system
bankrupt
barter agreement
battery ore
be weak on
bishopess
burnishing surface
caryophyllenol
CHBHA
civil-war
CM8222
Cobury bread
cognitive limits
coitus int.erruptus
common platform
decimal scale
diphosphorus
disintegration chain
displacement ferroelectrics
drum polletizing
dtb
ectopia lentis
eissero
enter into conversation with
F.I.A.S.
fecundly
fixed sash
fizzlings
freelore
fuster
gelisolifluction
ground-basses
Harrison 2, Benjamin
hole reaming
hop residue
Hornstorf
Hydrangea shaochingii
in-statest
indirect-measurement
inner reflector
interleukine
intra-atomic energy
Irish Republic
Jaggarnat
lactosylceramides
laminae spiralis secundaria
Lexus lane
Lindera limprichtii
lineo-normal distribution
Macht metal
mendication
mizuage
monodactyl
Morellin
multilepis
narcisms
nasal splint
Nemipterus
noelani
noiseuses
non-stimulated
not busy interrupt
oil pressure unit
Opie paradox
orthomitosis
pack-up kits
perspective projection
preheating process
quarternary alloy
radio resource control
refreshable
rockfill breakwater
scavenge trunk
set much by someone
shared main storage
sheafer
single loop servomechanism
Soranus
stylistic component
Syväri
Szarvas
tectomorphic texture
tettigoniid
thiodan
Thymus nervulosus
totalizing
toxicological detection
transport mean-free path
unflappability
unven
vibrating-reed amplifier
vinous tincture
Västernorrlands Län
well-behaved net
wood spurge