时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(七)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute.


1. Donald Trump 1 Jr. has released an email chain, revealing his willingness to meet with a Russian lawyer last June who he thought has damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Tuesday afternoon, the president came to his son's defense 2 in the controversy 3, calling him a "high-quality person" and applauding his transparency.


2. In Bronx , law enforcement officers lined up for blocks outside the funeral of slammed New York city police officer Miosotis Familia, who were fatally shot in the last week as she sat in a police vehicle.


3. Senate minority leader Mitch Mcconnell says the senate will push back the start of August recess 4 to do more work on legislation and deal with Trump's nominations 5 to staff the executive branch. A five-week recess has been rescheduled to start on July,31st, but now could be delayed until the week of August,15th.


4. Bottles of wines and liquor, almost as old as the republic itself, were recently discovered behind a wall at a museum in Union, New Jersey 6. The liberty hall museum says as it was restoring its wine cellar, it discovered almost three full cases of madeira wine, dating back to 1796.


Ned Baker 7, the 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。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。