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
Abelia parvifolia
abrasive belt grinding lubricant
activase
Alumoaeschynite
analytical separation
Anosy
assistant principal
average net fixed assets
backstresses
be the same as
bellingerite
blister furnace
bushet
chapfare
cirsium suzukii
concite
Corispermum huanghoense
corundum oligoclase pegmatite
cosmene
cross flow cap tray
crossing angle of wires
cutaneous part
D/NR
dental spa
development sociology
druze
dynamic satellite geodesy
efficiency of feed utilization
eliminating dampness
emulsifiable concentrate
external-device control
flos longan
fly fisherman
gauntletted
General Average Survey
geometric decorated style
gimbaled engine
gram-positive bacilli
groove speed
Helixanthera coccinea
hmb
hottenroth number
huttenlochers
hydrogen sulfide proof steel
impigrous
induction type wattmeter
istigobius goldmanni
Kugel's artery
Lahore Cantonment
lineage-restricted
lion tamer
low-melting component
main loop
makinson
maxillopharyngeal
microfuging
nasopalatine duct
natrium cooled valve
nektoplanktonic
new tools
Nhanduqué, R.
nocent
one's strong point
onesie-twosie
Ophiorrhiza hispidula
Pachyphytum
paternal uncles
phiris
pistoles
plain disk
poecilopsetta natalensis
polyorganostannosiloxane
primary-line injury
proletarianisms
propeller design
puftaloons
radiation image contrast
rectumobile
referee in case of need
reset scores
responsible government
Rip Van Winkle
risk-aversions
seaming needle
self conscious
self lighting type
seminin
siban
sklarski
things movable
thunked
trap on overflow
Tweed R.
unconscious motive
und so weiter
unmarriageable
unworshipful
volitating
wagon vault
wheaty flavour
white-tie
Windows box