美联社新闻一分钟 AP 特朗普总统抵达德克萨斯州
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2019(一)月
This is AP News Minute.
President Donald Trump 1 arrived at a Texas border town to make the case for his long-promised border wall after negotiations 2 with Democrats 3 to reopen the government blew up over his funding demands.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders as he continues a nine-nation Middle East tour aimed at reassuring 4 America's Arab partners that the Trump administration is not walking away from the region.
Union leaders staged rallies in Washington and elsewhere to bring attention to federal workers who are going without paychecks as the partial government shutdown dragged into a 20th day.
And a surfer in California survived a shark attack by kicking the massive fish away. 19-year-old Nick Wapner says the shark came up from beneath him and bit him as he paddled into position for an incoming wave.
- 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。
- 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。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
- With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left. 他鼓励地拍了拍她的手臂就离开了。