美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-3-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(三)月
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1. Secretary of State John Kerry went head to head with Republicans who signed a letter to the Iranian leadership over the nuclear negotiations 1. Kerry says he was in utter disbelief when he heard about the letter. He told the senators the letter undermines the negotiations.
2. Fog is lifting on the coast of southern Florida where an army helicopter disappeared last night. Human remains 2 and pieces of wreckage 3 have washed ashore 4. 7 marines and a crew of 4 army soldiers were on the chopper. All are presumed dead.
3. In France, investigators 5 are sifting 6 through evidence following a jewel heist. Millions of euros worth of jewels disappeared. Police believe at least 15 armed assailants were involved.
4. And in Indiana, an enterprising farmer may have saved the life of a newborn calf 7, discovered shivering in a snowbank. The third-generation farmer packed the bovine 8 onto his ATV, went home and promptly 9 put him in a hot tub for about an hour.
Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审
- He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句
n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮
- The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
- The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
adj.牛的；n.牛
- He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass andand munching,like some bovine creature.他丢开包袱，爬到灯心草丛里，像牛似的大咬大嚼起来。
- He was a gentle,rather bovine man.他是一位文雅而反应迟钝的人。