时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(七)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1.  Outgoing democratic national committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz canceled plans to gavel her party's national convention to order on Monday. The cancellation 1 came just few hours before the scheduled opening. The Florida congresswoman resigned her post at the helm of the DNC, in the wake of an email scandal involving her aides. 


2.  Police in Fort Myers, Florida say they are trying to determine a motive 2 in the deadly nightclub shooting which they say was not an active terror. Two teens were killed and 17 others injured when the gunfire erupted overnight Sunday. 


3.  Nearly 3,000 firefighters are on the front-line after a wildfire in California ballooned to more than 51 square miles. Evacuations are not affecting 10,000 homes and estimated 20,000 people, and it's already destroyed 18 residents. 


4. And the Duke of York inaugurated the traditional Chinese gate in London's China Town. The $1.3 million gate, with gold leaf dragon motifs 3 and Jade 4 was imported from Beijing. The words above the gate wish prosperity to the U.K. 


Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 cancellation
n.删除,取消
  • Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大,可能须要取消渡轮服务。
  • Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
2 motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
3 motifs
n. (文艺作品等的)主题( motif的名词复数 );中心思想;基本模式;基本图案
  • I try to develop beyond the old motifs. 我力求对传统的花纹图案做到推陈出新。 来自辞典例句
  • American Dream is one of the most important motifs of American literature. “美国梦”是美国文学最重要的母题之一。 来自互联网
4 jade
n.玉石;碧玉;翡翠
  • The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
  • He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。