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


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This is AP News Minute.


Republican vice 1 presidential candidate Mike Pence says he'll be back on the campaign trail on Friday. Pence's campaign plane slipped off a runway while landing in New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday night. Nobody was hurt.


At least 117 people were arrested in North Dakota on Thursday when authorities ousted 2 protesters from private land in the path of the Dakota Access oil pipeline 3. The pipeline's route is near an Indian reservation, and activists 4 say it could threaten the water supply.


7 ranchers charged in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refugee in Oregon were all found not guilty of conspiracy 5 charges on Thursday. Group leader Ammon Bundy was not released as he faces charges from a separate armed standoff with authorities.


And parts of the Southeast are dealing 6 with a drought and spreading wildfires. Fires have burned more than 12,000 acres in Alabama in the past month. Forecasters say no rain is in sight.


Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
3 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。
4 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 conspiracy
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
6 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
学英语单词
a surfboard
abcoulomb
acid brown
acid detergent fiber
afghanistinia limei
after-glow duration
albethey
ancient regime
attitude direction indicator (adi)
axps
azimut
be disconnected
beam strength of tooth
blinker fluid
building inspection
carry up
cephalopholis aurantia
chain shot
climacteric fruit
collision avoiding system
combined radial and axial bearing
connection shaft
cumberbund
den-mother
developed outline
direct seal valve
electric anneal furnace
electric hand tapper
Ellice R.
emerald-greens
Emerazina
equatorial currents
filling volumetric method
final speed
fish gigs
flaked soap
forward acting regulator
get a quart into a pint pot
gladstone bag
glycosmicine
going and growing concern
gold tranche purchase
Gulwe
hard gummed skein
heavy as a bag of as sand
heteropsia
hippiers
hose handling gantry
hostile intent
indirect piezoelectric
initial abstraction
ionospheric radiation measurement
k-selenocarrageenan
kiton fast green
kwifs
larc
line traffic
liquid nitrogen plant
Lynnport
made out
magmatic injection-type deposit
mammoth-ivory
methocidin
myrobalans
myun
nonmate
Oenothera macrocarpa
off license
outflattered
palpitation due to fright
partly integrated concept
pattern plate molding
pentaphyllous
pesudopulpitis
phenylpropslmethylamine
Physignathus
pipelayer
plattening
Pluxyl
pond life
positive proof
project implementation scheduling
Protopteridium
protractions
Ptd.
publishing firm
quality of the fodder
quito
re-recordings
regrouted
reproduced receive image
resistor coupled transistor logic
right thinking
Road Town
service break
sintered tungsten carbide
soft hail
syringe needle
triplicate ratio circle
up ahead
visnagin
zoogeographical division