时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(九)月


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This is AP News Minute.


For the first time in Barack Obama's presidency 1, Congress has rejected one of his vetos. The Senate and the House voted to override 2 his veto of legislation. The bill in question allows families of September 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly backing the 9-11 attackers.


Images of an alleged 3 attack against Aleppo's hospitals are emerging. The Syrian government and its ally, Russia, are accused of targeting the hospitals. On Wednesday, the UN Secreatry General said the attacks are war crimes.


More than 1000 people turned out to pay tribute to the late Miami Marlins's pitcher 4, Jose Fernandez. His hearse was escorted by the team's players in Miami. Fernandez died in the boating crash Sunday with 2 friends.


The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge received a lesson on indigenous 5 history during their tour of Canada. The royal couple participated in the Yukon language event where they listened to children singing songs and elders reading stories aloud.


 


Padmananda Rama, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
2 override
vt.不顾,不理睬,否决;压倒,优先于
  • The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.孩子的幸福安康应该永远比父母的愿望来得更重要。
  • I'm applying in advance for the authority to override him.我提前申请当局对他进行否决。
3 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
4 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
5 indigenous
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
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account title for annual receipts
acetylcholine esterase
administrative jurisprudence
all dogged-up
amide-imidol tautomerism
ammunition disused
ANDVT
antechamber-type compression ignition engine
anterior antebrachial region
auditory system
augmentel
back pressure relief valve
batho -
bean-nighes
bouche de tapir
butter-and-egg
Changkat Jering
Chugunov Glacier
differential profit
direct-coupled type
double-break jack
ectodermal
eephus
emperor-worship
escrow credit
exposed junction
external reality
findy
first patent
forswear oneself
gadam
genus boss
geopressurized geothermal system
gonocephalum sauteri
granuloplasm
gregersen
Habitzheim
handinglove
Harbour Dues on Cargo
heartstart
hierarchy of human need
indivisible contract
institute frozen food clauses
interconvertibility of instrument
intimate borrowing
Irakleia
Juupajoki
Lactuca sativa capitata
lathe cutters
lectrure
legislative thinking
Leikanger
leukocytopenia
long-necked
lug attachment
macarthurs
melampsora linis
meningorecurrence
metallopolymers
monoblasts
myopachynsis
no-parking
nonwoven roving
noun of assemblage
nozzle grouping
opoes
osteopethy
paintworks
particolored buckeyes
patete
path-length
photoecology
potential equalization conductor
programmed operators system
Puentedeume
rail top
rekles
relationships with organization audited
rifling head
rock basin
safety injection
semileaky type
Sesaipura
silkworm litter
sociogeny
still tide
stored-program numerical control
synthesis seismic record
take no for an answer
takes a chance
tele type
telephone outlet
tendovaginal hygroma
Tetrabranchia
thig
touring bus
Tutuila
unjoyous
unkardness
vacillates
working plan area
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