时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1.  Officials say 15 people have been killed in a landslide 1 at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts 2 of Ethiopia's capital. They say several dozens people are also missing. 


2. The former Obama administration White House spokesman says government needs to make sure citizens are able to gauge 3 the effectiveness of their policies if they want to build confidence. Josh Earnest was in Dubai, attending the government sponsored public diplomacy 4 and government communication forum 5


3. Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the 39 girls killed and others injured in the blaze in Guatemala. The fire began in a youth shelter when mattresses 6 were set in blaze in protest by those living there. 


4. Israelis across the country took to the street on Sunday, dressed up in costume to celebrate Purim, a holiday that commemorates 7 the Jews' salvation 8 from genocide in Persia, as recounted in the book of Esther. A giant float featuring U.S president Donald Trump 9 was the centerpiece of the annual parade. 


Krysta Fauria,  the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
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。
v.精确计量;估计;n.标准度量;计量器
  • Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗?
  • It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
褥垫,床垫( mattress的名词复数 )
  • The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
  • The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
n.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )
  • A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
  • Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
  • Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。
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。
学英语单词
abscess-formation
acieral
address relocation memory
adenosine triphosphate synthetase
after-draft
aid to foreign countries
anyway
army rifle
aspiration-arthrography
asteroidical
Aswa R.
Aulemba
bank pier
beatrizs
biological science
blepharicerinae taiwanica
bromo-geramine
built-in appliance
cleaning-woman
collegiality
composite video mixing
coordinate setting drilling machine
digital nerve block anesthesia
dispersed movement pattern
dive to chest
donelans
dry mash
eccentricity of earth
edge-of-the-seat
excess demand curve
exposed stem correction
exterminations
fan-back
fastness to fume fading
field modulation
fixed belt conveyor
foamability
gamma-ray spectrometry in borehole
gauthe
german-american
haematocinite
haremlik
Hillebrandia
IMSplex
indef.
independent wholesaler
interactive user-computer communication
isoobtusol
kareems
Khobda
length of heat
letdown tank
long-range data
machine tray
main file
moneyfied
monzie
nebula adrenalinae
ngarara
nitrous
nonloaded line
Notsuke-suidō
Npower
nuclear liability
paleophrenia
pelletized cargo
photodiscs
plaunotols
pomp and circumstance
poste restantes
pre-plodder
pulsed Doppler fuze
put someone under
quadrivia
reflection factor meter
roadbuildings
rolled steel products
rubber baby buggy bumpers
saganaki
saw-dust
shenyangs
shop-welded connection
storymercial
Strathdon
subungual keratosis
super noise
sweepy
system eigenvalue
technical areas
tentacular cartilage
theaism
third-world-debts
tit bits
Tolerant-tree
top slicing
transfering enzyme
turbo-charged engine
unvigorous
very high frequency tuner
vila nova da barquinha
washout
Zorana