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
air traffic control center
alienatory
amicable composition
antideuterium
apiculata
Arhus
arteria lingualis
artificializes
askancest
baby cake
baffled spray column
balmifies
calycectomy
carriage door
ceramic coated cutting tool
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse
chrome printing orange
circular vector
clinical neurobiology
consequentness
counter vein
cultural palace
decides on
Dekamycin
dip-switch
Dominiques
drill collar recess
drmss
dynamic plastic buckling
equipment raise
facilitation of international air transport
familias
fluorosulphonic acid
forward stepwise method
Franco-Manitoban
frequency jump
genus Arnica
glairs
group-flashing light
hallimasch
Hammondia
healingly
heliotox
hill-climbing
Holmgren's test
hypophyseal stalk
illuminated display
infinite fluid viscometer
ISLW
Jabalquinto
jaw at
jerome david kerns
jet case
Krasilovo
LADCA
latescence
leaviss
leger
magnetooptical effect
Maharashtra
mannosyl-glycoprotein
medium size crude carrier
melanagromyza metallica
mimic hormone
mirk
mothering ability
ninetynine
out of all comparison
patent-holders
pest-house
polyploidy
prefrontal fog
preserved timber
quick-burning powder
rational-legal
re erect
rectus superior
redrest
rhombohedral hemimorphy
ROT (rate of turn)
Saint Thomas
seh
self-inflation
self-policings
self-references
ships of the line
simulium (simulium) katoi
spdos
standard annealed copper
station relay group
systemises
talbutal
telethermal
timbercart
tipping apparatus
tiy
tracer pin
tyrosine transferase
unincorporated business tax
Uspallata, P.
Vatnsdalsfjall
waste repository