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
allas
ascension theory
aurous bromoaurate
bell-type generator
blended-oil
Bolama
botrychium ternatum
buffer assignment
chiba reduction test
Cognin
comercio
compact mapping
company-owneds
computer operations controls
cupola furnace
cyab
deasoil
diaminophenol
diestrum, diestrus
dracaenas
dried shrimp peeling
duo imitation
earth chestnut
ecotypes
excommuned
expansion tube
external reinforcing force
Fannett
feodal
finger-dried
finite element technology
forwarded luggage
forwardOnly
frame leakage protection
genser
green restorer
hack hammer
high temperature water heating
hyperatticisms
iliopectineal fascia
insulation rating
ion beam current
isotropizations
Kaisersesch
kerosene type jet fuel
knock the stuffing out of
lameller tearing
lanthanumdoped lead zirconate-lead titanate
leading character
leak test
Life-Breath
listas
low-water-mark
lower limb malformation
Loxostege similalis
lubricated wear test
lvinia
marine-corps
mercifuls
moon cursers
multiple decay
multiple dike
non inflammable fluid
non tax objective
numeric field descriptor
oscheocentesis
pavement
Perlas, Pta.de
place strain upon
porous packing
primitive vector set
purchase-to-lease ratio
pycnetron curculionidis
quick-reaction capability
radio-detection
redeliverer
rescue training
rifleries
Rochelle salts
rotating electric machine
set the anchor ready for letting go
shotokans
snuffingly
stage group
steam smothering system in cargo space
steering gear hydraulic oil
straining screw
submergings
syphiloma
tenant in tail
Theodosius the Great
Troiard's net
trumpet tree
tziganies
untweaked
water surface gradient
welladapted
wood-carved
World Wide Web
xerotherm
xuechaos
zero redundancy array