时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A defiant 1 Vice 2 President Mike Pence said that President Donald Trump 3's administration is refusing to accept defeat on health care. He told small business owners in West Virginia that the Trump administration will "end the Obamacare nightmare."


Residents of Western Mosul began burying family members on Saturday who were allegedly killed in US-led coalition 4 airstrikes. Residents reported two airstrikes hitting a residential 5 area on March 13th and 17th. There are reports that more than 100 civilians 6 were allegedly killed.


Turkish Airlines said it began implementing 7 the electronics ban with its passengers heading to the US and the UK. Passengers are not allowed to carry electronic devices larger than a cellphone into the aircraft cabins.


Cities around the world went dark on Saturday evening to mark Earth Hour, an international event intended to raise awareness 8 of climate change. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower, in Rome, the Colosseum, and in New Delhi, the India Gate, all switched off their lights to participate in the global event.


Noreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • 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。
4 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
5 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
6 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
7 implementing
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
8 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
学英语单词
act-wait
adjustable single end wrench
air contaminants
alimentary deficiency
All change!
Anaerovibrio
autovector
avoidance speech
binary choice model
bitsers
bottom door winding chain belt fastener
Cadiz L.
calashes
cap coif
co2 incubation
color service generator
compulsory immunization
copper soap
cronolone
dealer in securities
debrays
demagnetization factor
diamicton
Dihydroharmine
docu-
El Portugues
electronic article surveillance
elmendorf
emia
equipollent load
Espinoso del Rey
estimation of population
ethical dimension
flame tracer
flaughter
frame aerial camera
Gangkoupo
geomagnetic horizontal intensity
heavy and medium plate mill
huggins band
hypsonosus
ICSAB
ideal frequency distribution
Jacobean age
jullunders
kaplan-meier
Kassandras, Kolpos
kobadrin
latences
like talking to a brick wall
magnetoencephalogram
malaria aestivo-autumnalis
manufacturer's maximum towed mass
massmarket
Multiceps multiceps
nail making wire
neatherd
nominal tension
noncomedy
nonobligate
notch-effect
pancreatic juice
Panstrongylus megistus
pinholes
ponceaus
porous
predetermined motion time
preparation time allowance
processor family
revolving armature
roller straightening
rouble
rumakis
sea water intrusion
septoria peucedanicola
sequential lobing
seriah
sharrows
Sinus durae matris
slow wave sleep
sowing width regulates
start stop lever
stiffening
stores-issued material
supraanal pad
swabberly
three component balance
tibetha
Tillicoultry
top loop
trypomastigogenesis
two to one rule
unsacked
up milling
up-feed head tank system
variable behavior
vidio presentation
visible impulse
vitamine A alcohol
wtr.
Yaguaneque
zero-buoyancy