美联社新闻一分钟 AP 吉米·卡特哀悼前国家安全顾问
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2017(五)月
This is AP News Minute.
President Donald Trump 1 has wrapped up his nine-day overseas trip after delivering a speech to US troops in Italy. G-7 leaders at the summit in Sicily have been pressuring Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement, a decision the president says he'll make next week.
British Airways 2 has cancelled all flights from London's two busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, as a global IT failure snarled 3 travel plans for tens of thousands of air travellers.
A man who police say fatally stabbed two people who intervened as he yelled anti-Islamic slurs 4 on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, has a criminal record, according to court records seen by the Associated Press. 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian 5 was convicted of robbery, kidnapping and a weapons charge in 2002.
Former President Jimmy Carter is remembering his national security advisor 6 Zbigniew Brzezinski as a superb public servant and a man who was brilliant, dedicated 7 and loyal. Brzezinski died Friday at the age of 89.
Ned Barker, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
- As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时，它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
- Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。