美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-30
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(九月)
英语课
1. Republican presidential nominee 1 Mitt 2 Romney says he can't imagine calling the killing 3 of a US ambassador a "bump in the road". He's referring to remarks President Barack Obama made during Sunday 60 Minutes interview.
2. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling on Muslims not to resort to violence as they protest the anti-Islam film. Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative, she says the US would always champion the rights to peaceful protest and free expression. That is even if it deplored 5 the content of the speech.
3. Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin 4 may be getting some help from a conservative fundraising group. And he needs a financial boost after his controversial comments about rape 6 and pregnancy 7 that caused other GOP donors 8 to withhold 9 cash.
4. And it's a girl. Caught on this underwater video, a dolphin on the Big Island of Hawaii gave birth to a healthy female calf 10.
1 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。
2 mitt
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日,我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
3 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 akin
adj.同族的,类似的
- She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
- Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
5 deplored
v.悲叹,痛惜,强烈反对( deplore的过去式和过去分词 )
- They deplored the price of motor car, textiles, wheat, and oil. 他们悲叹汽车、纺织品、小麦和石油的价格。 来自辞典例句
- Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。 来自辞典例句
6 rape
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
7 pregnancy
n.怀孕,怀孕期
- Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
- Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
8 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
- Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
- About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》