时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A Brazilian police official tells the AP that the story of 4 US swimmers being robbed at gunpoint in Rio was false. According to the official, the swimmers were confronted by a security guard at a gas station after they forced open a bathroom door and vandalized the bathroom. Olympics officials say the swimmers made a mistake.


Democratic presidential nominee 1 Hillary Clinton spent part of her Thursday afternoon hearing from a select group of chiefs of police and sheriffs. Officers gathered in New York City to offer the nominee suggestions on how to reduce tensions between communities and police officers.


Southern California's big wildfire continues to grow. The fire command says the destructive blaze has scorched 2 more than 49 square miles. As of Thursday morning, up from 40 square miles Wednesday night.


And from Seattle to New York City, statues of a naked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump 3 caused a stir in major cities. This statue, seen standing 4 in the buff as crowds snapped photos was removed by New York parks and recreation crews some time after installation.


Emily Roseman, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
2 scorched
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦
  • I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
  • The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
3 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
4 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
absolute addresses
additive oil
antimony blende (kermesite)
arteria ileocolicas
Arteria suprarenalis inferior
astronomical position finder
atomic bomb hysteria
awaited
be in good company
Belcherville
Bonhams
Bonoua
Bratskoye
bridge type feedback
choke coupled magnetic amplifier
Ciproxin
conventional scale
cytopathogenic
daringometer
data-signaling-system
death benefit
Diltāwa
dimitars
dool
double end kiln
downfaulted
drift method
dysmetropsia
eger
electric operated fixture
eumeiosis
Farm Credit System
fluidextracts
gap estimate
genus Melissa
get scent
ghost-write
goblet with Southern Song imperial kiln type glaze
hartebeest
hypoplastic incisor
impetigines
institutional advertising
Irish architecture
Isle of White
keyword approach
kinematically admissible velocity field
kneeboards
kronenfeld
Mabechi-gawa
Mamertini
marking and packing
mating type
meshed gears
multi function device
Namib.
nephridial tubule
pan dulce
parability
patellar luxation
Permutit S K
perspirings
photodensitometry
pinealocytomas
polarily
power-laden
president-designate
private office layout
probenazole
pulmo-cutaneous vein
rag willow
razinodil
referring
register oneself
responding party
rhabdochaeta naevia
rubber johnny
samoilovich
scatterhoard
schmalensees
Sievert chamber
sleepy heads
spending cuts
stboes
stereographic technique
tappette
temporosphenoid
the cat s pyjamas
thermal insulating property
three-pressure stage turbine
toga virilis
toluidine blue method
tonic pain
tough nookies
tpn (triphosphopyridine nucleotide)
transit network identification
transport by container
truck mounted workover rig
undercut trimmer saw
ventriculitides
very lucky
Wendlandia jingdongensis
wise saw