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. 


1. South Korea says North Korea tried to launch 1 a missile 2 on Wednesday. The country says it's unclear what's kind of missile it was, and that apparently 3 exploded seconds after taking off. 


2. The White House announced what's expected to be Donald Trump's first trip out of the U.S as president. He plans to attend a NATO conference in Belgium in May. 


3. Oklahoma fire officials report that a wild fire southeast of Tulsa is almost completely contained now. The fire destroyed at least 9 homes. 


4. And Chuck Barris known as the creator of TV classics 4, including "The Gong show" and "The Dating game" has died. His publicist says the 87-year old passed away from natural causes. 


Shirley Smith,  the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 launch
vt.发动,推出;发射;n.发射,下水,投产
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
  • Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗?
2 missile
n.导弹,投射物
  • The missile curved gracefully towards its target.导弹呈优美的曲线状飞向目标。
  • We got a fix on the missile launching site.我们确定了导弹发射场的位置。
3 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
4 classics
n.文豪( classic的名词复数 );文学名著;优秀的典范;古希腊与古罗马的文化研究(尤指对其语言与文学的研究)
  • There are three great constituents of modern education --the classics, modern history and literature, and science. 现代教育有三大内容 -古典文学、现代历史和文学、以及自然科学。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • "The Classics on Tea", written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) was the world's earliest treatise on tea leave production. 中国唐代陆羽写的《茶经》是世界上最早的茶叶制作专著。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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