时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(五)月


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This is AP news minute. 


1. President Obama in Hanoi has announced the U.S has ended a decades-long arms embargo 1 against Vietnam. The two nations also released a joint 2 statement, citing example how they are increasing cooperation. 


2. Iraqi government has announced they are launching a military offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group. Officials say government forces have pushed militants 3 at some farm areas outside the city, which is west of Baghdad. 


3. Authorities near Boston say the man suspected killing 4 a police officer early Sunday morning was killed in a shootout with state police. The suspect is identified as 35-year old Jorge Zambrano. One trooper was hurt in the shootout. 


4. And the U.S navy aircrafts have joined the search for debris 5 from EgyptAir flight 804. 66 people were aboard the passenger plane when it crashed in the Mediterranean 6 sea last week. 


Matt Small , the associated press, with AP news minute.



1 embargo
n.禁运(令);vt.对...实行禁运,禁止(通商)
  • This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
  • During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间,他们禁止与敌国通商。
2 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
3 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 debris
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
6 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
学英语单词
albeniz
aplanosporangium
aument
Bazdar
benzamidothiophenol
biventers
Cancellation Advice
capacity for acceptance
CCJs
characteristic curve
Clear Cr.
code address
collegen
combine theory with practice
combined control of heat supply
common user circuit
contact plant acid
contumacity
cycle staggering
darr
deturbate
duplicate error message
elementary substructure
false nostril
flat tax
foot lifters
fucoside
G.C.M.G.
genus acinoss
genus Meconopsis
gliding lemur
groupetti
hydroxysanguinarine
hygienics of children and adolescents
indoor-immersed bushing
insomnolence
Itararé
jamin interferometer
jazzmyn
jobby jabbers
Kazakstan
kharfen
lindane
luciogobius saikaiensis
Luikov number
M.S.G.
man of feeling
mapleys
meghimatium taiwanensis
merchandise opening inventory
Mesenikolas
midamerica
Millon's test
mist up
MMCmicro
Moira Shearer
multiplier analysis
nelumbinis plumula
Nyum Nyum
off-board security
open a court
ophthalmometalloscopy
optical font
Orinocan
overlain
Pavino
pellet impact
picturesquish
plug of clay
priority number
public volume table
qualitative materiel development objective
radial run out
radially increasing pitch
reboils
residue antigens
respiratory death
santanders
Secometrin
set of oil piping
shadeset
shelvy
spence-dixit model
status diagram
storage siding
SVG Tiny
temporary deficit
thick haired
think out aloud
torrijos-carter
tracheoesophageal septum
tremor opiophagorum
triangular chart
tubular filter element
two-position differential gap action
unwished-for
vacuum-cooling
Vatican I
water-jet actinometer
welfare expenditures
whitgifts
within-group design