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


英语课

 


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
'Aïn el Hadjel
ABCD formalism
accelerating slits
Algonkin
Amygdalus communis
asbestos wart
audible noise level
baddeleyites
balance weight tensioner
Bergmann's fibers
bestseller
blank column detection device
brine solution
calanthea princeps regel.
cascading faults of complicated
champaca oil
Chinese lacquer-tung oil blend
cold-dampness disturbing spleen
contagious stomatitis
customer classification
debooster
Despa
douzieme gauge
ecchondroses
eisteddfodau
electrode division
environmental impact units
ergotica tabes
ethylidenes
flagler
Frencher
genital area
GIF - graphic interchange format
give someone a buzz
gun mount shield
heavy-duty crane
high-explosive incendiary
individuals
injection press
intraventricular aberrant conduction
L'Arcahaie
Lagerstroemia indica
lannonite
level of orders
log kicker
longidens
market access
maskants
master mode program
mckibben
medical cases
methyl phenyl vinyl silicone rubber
misallocated
misconjugations
modern metallurgy
molilalia
Ms Right
mudie
Mukwela
multipmetre
murrees
MusBac
Neihu District
net atomic population
nigorobunas
nottages
NSAT
operation characteristic curve of generating set
otocephalus
Parnassia foliosa
political influence
Polygonum ochotense
preceeded
pygmy sperm whales
quiroga
Raahe
ralliarie
RE Ytype zeolite
reconstruction of penis
Reil's insula
reltine
rough rafter
seagoing pipe line
sentence-completions
shuttle
single account
starter mounting
steam flow
steering wire
superior temporal arcade
tachais
tomato omelet
tonifying
toshio
turbogrid tower
tyre cement
unfreeable
user facility
valeriuss
vanadio magnetite
vapotron
Volksraad