时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(二)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Police say a man accused of plowing 1 a car into a crowd enjoying a parade in New Orleans is being investigated for driving while intoxicated 2. 21 people were hospitalized. Authorities say the crash on Saturday evening sends a strong message about drinking and driving.


Thousands of civilians 3 fled western Mosul on Sunday as Iraqi forces continued their advance into neighborhoods held by the Islamic State group. United Nations officials say civilians had made up an unusually high proportion of the casualties in the battle for Mosul.


A 17-year-old transgender boy completed an undefeated season by winning a controversial Texas state girl's wrestling title. The weekend competition received heavy criticism from those who believe the testosterone he's taking as he transitions from female to male created an unfair advantage.


Amateur luge fans celebrated 4 the Russia holiday Pancake Week by sliding down a makeshift icy track. The holiday precedes Lent in the Orthodox Christian 5 calendar and ushers 6 out the winter.


Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 plowing
v.耕( plow的现在分词 );犁耕;费力穿过
  • "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀,宝贝儿。 来自飘(部分)
  • Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后,他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句
2 intoxicated
喝醉的,极其兴奋的
  • She was intoxicated with success. 她为成功所陶醉。
  • They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented. 他们酩酊大醉,东南西北全然不辨。
3 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。
4 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
5 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • 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。
6 ushers
n.引座员( usher的名词复数 );招待员;门房;助理教员v.引,领,陪同( usher的第三人称单数 )
  • Seats clicked, ushers bowed while he looked blandly on. 座位发出啪啦啪啦的声响,领座员朝客人们鞠躬,而他在一边温和殷勤地看着。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • The minister then offers a brief prayer of dedication, and the ushers return to their seats. 于是牧师又做了一个简短的奉献的祈祷,各招待员也各自回座位。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
air cleaner body
aloewood oil
alpenglows
alreads
amido black method
antischizophrenics
atomic-bearing
automatic DNA sequencer
auxiliary boiler test
axinn
bador
balance brought over
Berlusconi
Bohinj
brein
cellarius vessel
classification test
clethra delavayi franch.
combination influence mine
convergent communication
crackaret
CTF1
detection criteria
dihydrodehydrocostuslactone
discouple
distillation range
Duncan, Tim
eclipse year
eclipsest
electrical shunts
empezaron
estavel
eudynamys scolopaceus chinensis
experimental psychiatry
Finnish monetary unit
fraction radiation
fuzzy algorithm
gollania japonica
high water-content crude oil
hoofpad
horizonward
i-munde
in the skies
indices of dominance
inner belt
integration system
ion interchange unit
kamseen, kamsin
king matker
limbata
linguisticss
Lodosa, Can.de
loop system
lortz
Los Pechos
MAAF
mean annual rate of interest for annual working
microroutine
motrin
My Chanh
oberfeldwebel
on-off state
opto-mechanical mouse
oskars
overambition
paddle one's paper
PLANCTOPHAEROIDEA
pokes borax
pre-launch telemetry
preopercular (praeopercular)
profit margin
pt.
real symbol
red acid
rhamnocathartic
rice milling unit
rotation dynamometer
rozek
second board
secondary hair
seller's account
single model
single-heterojunction laser
sinus sigmoides
standard hardness block
string bands
stringbacks
sucrose octoacetate
swayinger
Swissie
Taïbet
tidal weir
toothed link
turbo-compound diesel
tylet
un-Scottish
whipping post
wiener hopf method
Wilson's nephropathy
withdrawal of ore
work center percent change audit report
wrestplanks