美联社新闻一分钟 AP 英格兰多地出现抗议活动
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2018(七)月
This is AP News Minute.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in multiple locations across England to make their voices heard against President Donald Trump 1. The biggest protests are set for Friday, when demonstrators plan to march through central London and float a huge balloon depicting 2 Trump as a baby in diapers over the houses of Parliament.
An FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of bipartisan bias 3, told lawmakers Thursday that his work has never been tainted 4 by politics and that the intense scrutiny 5 he is facing represents just another victory notch 6 in Putin's belt. Peter Strzok was testifying publicly for the first time since being removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, following the discovery of the derogatory text messages last year.
Attorney Michael Avanetti says charges against porn actress Stormy Daniels have been dismissed in Ohio. Daniels was arrested while performing at a strip club and charged with letting patrons touch her in violation 7 of a state law.
And members of the Thai navy seal team received a heroes welcome when they returned to their base on the gulf 8 of Thailand. The seals were among the first searchers to penetrate 9 the watery 10 depths of the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were stranded 11.
Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
- The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。
- They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
- He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。
- The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
- He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
- The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
- He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
- The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
- In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
- Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏，她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。