时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月


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This is AP News Minute.


The massive northern California wildfire is now the deadliest wildfire in California history. At least 42 people are known dead and thousands of homes and other structures have been destroyed.


The huge wildfire in southern California has burned more than 400 homes and other buildings. It's about 30% contained. But firefighters are struggling with hot, dry winds.


Israeli medical services say a rocket fired by Palestine militants 2 in Gaza hit a building and killed a man. The Israeli military says militants in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, while Israeli struck more than 100 militant 1 targets in Gaza.


And Democrat 3 Kyrsten Sinema has won Arizona's Senate seat after a slow count of mail-in ballot 4. She defeated Republican Martha McSally, and flipped 5 the seat held by retiring Republican Jeff Flake 6.



1 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
2 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
3 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。
4 ballot
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
5 flipped
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥
  • The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转,撞毁了。
  • The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。
6 flake
v.使成薄片;雪片般落下;n.薄片
  • Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干,去表皮,粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
  • The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。
学英语单词
.psp
a pay raise
ac electric-field strength
aceptance sampling
algae toxin
alzea
amperometric method
appeasement substance
arrangement of shipment
at the very start
autistic parasite
aversive conditioning
be only skin and bone
breach of bail
bridge ramp
candle hour
carbacephems
clarkston
coast current velocity
conformingly
conical contact
consulter
corrosion-proof electric equipment
cortiniform
counterpiston
cross-refer
custadenoma
deformation and flow
disinterment
downstriker
Du Shen Tang
dump well
dysfunction of papillary muscle
emitting cathode
engaoling
engelbert humperdincks
eriochore
Evergrande
fare change
Feiss' line
Fibraurea recisa
fibros
gaming console
gastral mesoblast
gdas
genus sabals
gynogonidia
happy Valentine's Day
heavy duty crate
Huguier's canal
hydrogenated motor spirit
identification document
k-adic notation
kcalorie
Kessazulen
kidder
konigsteins
Kosanch process (for nickel)
limit nominal humidity
look to sb for sth
luggage compartment light
lwei
midspindle elongation
minimum working probit
mlpp precedence
non-Newtonian liquid
nongenealogical
opificialis tuberculosis
outstanding of loans
pansystematic analysis in geography
Paterswolde
Payapinang, Sungai
polyantibiotic
polyethism
position blocks
post molding
prespa
Primula sapphirina
rambutan
reversion of a series
Schmidt number 2
seroconverts
serpentino
shock-resisting ability
smart way
sodium nitroplatinite
Sports Council
spread of wheels
stabling yard
stellerine
summity
supracostal
syli
tagger-along
throttle gate
tony leung
unburnt gases
visibility disc
web2.0
windeman
yummy