时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年10月


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First up, an addition to the U.S. Supreme 1 Court. Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court, became a Supreme Court justice over the weekend after senators voted 50 to 48 to confirm President Donald Trump 2's nominee 3 to the high court. The vote was mostly along party lines.


All but one Republican present voted for Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation 4. All but one Democrat 5 present voted against Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation. He was sworn in during a private ceremony, hours after Saturday's final vote in the Senate.


There was controversy 6 during Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings. On our September 28 show, which you can find in our archives at CNN10.com, we covered testimony 7 by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford 8, a professor who accused the Supreme Court nominee of having committed sexual assault when they were in high school. We also covered Judge Kavanaugh's testimony when he denied ever having committed sexual assault.


After that, President Trump ordered a supplemental FBI investigation 9 into Judge Kavanaugh's past. The results of that investigation were not made public, but Republicans said it found no support for the accusations 10 against Kavanaugh. While Democrats 11 said the investigation was limited and incomplete.


Justice Brett Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy who retired 12 from the Supreme Court this summer. Supreme Court justices hold office as long as they choose.



1 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 trump
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。
3 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
4 confirmation
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
5 democrat
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
6 controversy
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。
7 testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
8 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
9 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
10 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
11 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • 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》
12 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
学英语单词
admissible deviation domain
air and vacuum valve
all night long
anarchise
arranged total loss
assignation
aukwardly
band steel
Barth Seamount
Bence-Jones'protein
bennun
Billroth's cords
Bjarnarhöfn
call to quarters
certificate and list of measurement and weight
circulatory shock physiology
co-official
coincidence equipment
competent river
computer model for network analysis
custitome
customer relation
dinoplatypus flectus
double blade mixer
emerge the victor
entrusted to
faecalis
falling-away
fat-fingering
feed per revolution
fibrous joint
foot mark
fracture fixing apparatus
free electron model
Graphiem
harmoniac
hoofprint
huller roll box
hyperosculated
hypocentrum
hysteroid convulsion
image-baseds
inner dead-centre
insulation resistance test
isolating non-return valve
key-to-tape input
known error record
last will
light activated thyristor
Liongoda
lower-frequency
mapped conversation
multi-track
multiplicative Abelian group
nervous nelly
neural lamella
NFC Forum
nit)
nitai
non-thermal oxygen atoms
one-storeys
outbakes
overpicture
pahrump
pepinnier
perfect hashing
personal ownership
petticoat pipe base bracket
polymorpha
porelliportulae
premasticated
pruning-knife
raimundo
rectal columns
regularist
scratch strength
sickered
Simmersfeld
sleepas
slide valve face
sodium trioxofluorophosphate
somniloquism
sphingolipid
spurious cholelithiasis
struggling on
substractor
Taghit
task timer
thermostat blade
think hardly of
through-mortise
tomato gall
tun-moot
two-pen recording thermometer
underground operation
vamidothion
vena basaliss
W.R.A.F
Wachusett Res.
wbh
wilks' empty cell test
x-knee