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。
学英语单词
2-methyl-5-nitrophenol
AAS (advanced administrative system)
aluminium sheet
Ambara
analytic(al) probability model
Anarhichadidae
anterior articular surface
astern replenishment
athwartships trim list
bansons
base-metals
begrimed
chun purple
Clancy
collision-broadened lines
come turn out crabs
compiler optimizing
control room maneuvering panel
crystal axial plane
cytolytic factor
data counter
decalumen
Ducrey bacillus
economic circulative graph
electromancer
engendrures
equipotential cathode
Equisetum hiemale Linne
fantasa
fibre-optic isolation
fragrant wood fern
genome transplant
gettime
give the market a boost
gphin
gross assets
halidoms
heart sinuses
heave mode
hypogastroid (or hypoischium)
iconographic
incorporate with
induction- type vav terminal device
innu
intracellularelectrode
isoproscaline
jazzify
kinetics theory
lichen ruber planuss
living curriculum
long-bill
mala maxilla
Manganipurpurite
Mann-Williamson operation
marrowspoon
meridional cleavage
metal'd
metaluminous type
natural seasonal phenomenon
Nero Deep
oft used
oil field chemicals
on-line environment
oxatyl
parking accumulation
phase-modulation wave
pipe to a different tune
plead with sb for sth
prairie wool
pre-surgical
proximity warning laser radar
psychopathic diathesis
pterions
purity meter
purse line winch
ram and retort grate
recognized dealers
residential mortgage
run-time support library
Schimmelbusch's disease
sensory test of skin
serviceable
session of the peace
siltseam
solid retaining wall
Song Da
source efficiency
structure of society
supervisee
tan-e
taurolidine
Teilhard de Chardin
terior trim
Tommo
torchia
traction motor heating
undulating wire
unearth
vinglycinate
vitale
wet gas scrubber
write something up