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


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1.  There has been another shakeup in the Trump 1's campaign. Republican presidential nominee 2 Donald Trump hired Stephen Bannon of Brietbart news as CEO and named Pollster Kellyanne Conway campaign manager. The move comes just 82 days before the election. 


2. More than 80,000 residents are under evacuation warning as a massive wildfire east of Los Angles advanced on thousands of homes. The fire erupted Tuesday and spread quickly, fueled by hot weather and drought-stricken terrain 3. 


3. More than 500 passengers have been evacuated 4 after a small fire erupted on a cruise ship, about miles off Puerto Rico's north coast. The fire was still burning aboard the Caribbean fantasy as coast guards began bringing passengers ashore 5. There were reported fatalities 6. 


4. And underwater explorers announced Wednesday they discovered the second oldest confirmed ship wreckage 7 in the Great Lakes. The Washington- an American built, Canadian-own sloop 8 sank in Lake Ontario in 1803. 


Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 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。
3 terrain
n.地面,地形,地图
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
4 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
5 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
6 fatalities
n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 );死亡;致命性;命运
  • Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤,但没有人死亡。
  • The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 wreckage
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
8 sloop
n.单桅帆船
  • They heeled the sloop well over,skimming it along to windward.他们使单桅小船倾斜适当,让它顶着风向前滑去。
  • While a sloop always has two sails,a cat-rigged boat generally has only one.一艘单桅帆船总是有两面帆,但一艘单桅艇通常只有一面帆。
学英语单词
Achilafia
air control authority
algal limestone
all-optical switching
allium scorodoprasums
ancient history
anticlinal curve
Argolian
artificial forestation
avulsion fracture of ischial tuberosity
bevel frame
Bou Amama, Hassi
bruschettas
chiral charge
coefficient of weight on front wheel
compounded lube oil
computer-augmented learning
conicerine
connected-words recognition
contact travel
Cousin Jack
crapstorms
cross-intercross
declinability
diaphragm plunger pump
dip calculation
disturbance of the peace
Dolichopetalum
dual currency bond
earth bath
elective government
etats-unis
evergreys
exarticulatio intertarsea posterior
flash-in-the-pan
flat etching
four-lined theraponid
front-benches
Garrisdale Point
genus Hyracotherium
get out of jail free
Hapsiphyllum
Hemiphacidiaceae
hemming-stitch
Higuera de Arjona
hybrid genetic algorithm
impact hardness
integrated policy
intermediate pinion
intraorogenic magmatism
is planning
Jeollanam-do
krispies
laral
lenticulate
local synchronous signal
long wave length
masked off
McLean-Maxwell disease
mendiola
minimal index
monitor top
multiple break contact
nominal frequency
Oran, G.d'
orthography of geographical names
overall transmission time
pedestals
photo defectoscope
pollen disease
prothoracicotropic hormones
pseudacetic acid
put Yorkshire over someone
pylonlike
radar reflected buoy
radiation chemical yield
random access controller
ribes glaciale wall
robinsonite
rosaceaes
salpingoplasty
scopoline
sense plate
sixth baron byron of rochdales
somed
St-Priest
staff member
steer for
stenophyllum
structural basis
synchronous modem
Tansyl
tornup
TOSM
trailing zeros
traveling charge
triethanolamine trinitrate biphosphate
WBRS
wide double line stream
wonderel
wreck marking buoy
zinc chloroiodide solution