时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute.


1. Armed soldiers and military Humvees moved in Tuesday to remove protesters who are campaigning on private lands to block the construction of the Dakota access pipeline 1 in North Dakota. Protesters set a small fire and built blocks but majority retreated from confrontation 2.


2. Official in central Italy began to assess the damage caused by a pair of strong earthquakes in the same region hit by a deadly quake in August. Meanwhile, authorities scrambled 3 to find housing for thousands of displaced residents.


3. Twitter is cutting about 9% of its employees worldwide and killing 4 off Vine, its mobile app where people share short video clips. Twitter has failed to keep pace with rivals Facebook, Snapshot and Instagram in recent months.


4. And the National Weather Service says snow began following Thursday in parts of Connecticut and is expected in Massachusetts as well. Commuters shouldn't worry, however the first snow of the season isn't expect to accumulate, because the ground is too warm.


Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP news minute.



1 pipeline
n.管道,管线
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
2 confrontation
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
3 scrambled
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。
学英语单词
accursed
air-conditioned
al hisn
an inconvenient truth
anthraquinonesulfonic acid
balladynastrum clerodendri
bays of biscay
be at ... desk
Bedotiidae
Big Bass Drum
bookteller
bronchic cells
by my reckoning
chamaecereus
change privilege
coastal marine environment
convine
correspondent bank
crop conveyer
dachiardites
divide-by-10
dondaine
edge stepping
endless chain feed
extraction of lithium from seawater
factor of dilution of radiation
faex medicinalis
faint blue object
falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
family Ephemeridae
fatou lemma
fishskin
fletiferous
Fredericksburg
frequency-power limitation
from beginning to end
glutaminyls
gross capital formation
ground snakes
guard aperture
guide shield
hard John
hauyne-basalt
heteromorphas
Hosston
intussusceptional reductor
Irish
kidfics
kprefermentation period
litmus nutrose and glucose solution
loading motor
Lochnagar
Lycoris anhuiensis
magneto-optic(al) shutter
make a train
michinomiya hirohitoes
mid-town
mimotype
moderate-level
molded mica condenser
most certainly
necremia
neurologic syndrome
neutral variation
niobium(v) ethoxide
non-regulations
oscillating hydraulic jump
overheadconductor rail
philadelphus lewisii pursh.
photochemical isotope separation
PHRYNOMERIDAE
piratical vessel
plushophiles
pneumotach
prised
private box
pyrrolinium compound
refuge pocket
relocatable object module
reserve of major repair fund
safety hardware
sandalpunk
seine-st-denis
smooth frequency curve
steam spray
steidels
Stillopsidin
stroke raster monitor
sugar scoop
suited up
Svetlograd
tautog
tend-
thermal circuitbreaker
unhistoried
us -haired
Vespula maculifrons
vessel in ballast
wah-way
weighted arithmetical average
yocto-radians
zinc carbide