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. An internal state department review finds that Hillary Clinton disregarded department guidelines. The review shows Clinton never thought approval to review private emails to conduct business, as well as never showing that the server and Blackberry she used met minimal 1 security requirements. 


2. Texas governor Greg Abbott says the state will be the first to sue the Obama administration over the new federal guidelines for transgender students in public school. Several conservative states have vowed 3 defiant 4 the federal directive to let transgender students use the bathroom and locker-room to match their gender 2 identity. 


3. The head of the transportation security administration said help is on the way to address long airport security line. The agency will add 768 new screeners by mid 5, June. 


4. And a 6-month old baby in Florida is trying to break the world record for the youngest water skier 6. The  30-inch girl who doesn't walk was put on a junior sized skis by her professional water skier parents. While the baby may to attempt, there is no official word on if her record was set. 


Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the associated press, with AP news minute.



1 minimal
adj.尽可能少的,最小的
  • They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
  • I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家,所以我的花费很小。
2 gender
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
3 vowed
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
4 defiant
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
5 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
6 skier
n.滑雪运动员
  • She is a skier who is unafraid of danger.她是一名敢于冒险的滑雪者。
  • The skier skimmed across the snow.滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。
学英语单词
acetylorthocresotinic acid
advance ring
agnolotti
agrobiologically
air-cooled design
antigravs
apparelled
arctiid
asian black grouses
Balat
baro-thermo-hygrograph
belfies
Beskid Mountains
block valve
cannoe
capacitance balance
carry light into
cenotaphs
Cerastium baischanense
Cerebri-
Clement of Alexandria, Saint
coal fired power plant
combiflow
common version
Cynoglossum schlagintweitii
Derryboy
diagonal cleavage
elefant
entrained mass
extraction zone
faslane
fire salvo
flattening test of metal
fuel consumption curve
grigas
gun mount shield
half-and-half lap scarf
holoacardium
honeycomb sandwich structure
hyperpetitonitis
idle torque
ignatii
IITian
Kaieda
Kalaa Djerda
labspaces
lagopus lagopus
leveling plan
listserve
macro-functions
make an assay of
malpighias
Marina di Gienosa
mark-time reflex
material control
measurability of stochastic process
methyl hydrate
molate
monocerotesa abraxides
mujaheddin
Munsell curve
noncereal
nose-dives
nuclear periodicity
Oemed
order of dimensioning
organigrams
outward Adam
palmital-serine aldol decarboxylase
peaked channel
peat-brown
pendulous breasts
phase-fault relay
picture tearing
primary flight control system (pfcs)
pubic ostitis syndrome
pucciniospora trematis
pyramid crane
ragouted
raphetamine
regulated market
robert curls
robot revolution
Samgi-ri
set entry
single-slot
soap-weed
subsidiary anticline
sympathiser
system of values
tangible fixed assets
tapetal membrane
Tepeyahualco
thermonuclear neutron yield
thrown under the bus
total pancreatectomy
vacuum window
vanzandt
visual learning
water jacket cylinder block
whilwh
yishouning