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
6s
abnormal fertilization
action principle
Advanced Television
aligning pin
amplitude frequency response characteristics
bakelite-cover porcelain-base knife switch
bed porosity
behavioral expectations
bispherical lens
bistable operation
boyhood chum
cancel the order
capital of Spain
cluster virus
darcy (darrcy)
Death Cab for Cutie
dental prophylaxis
deterministic policy
diachronous
diagonal jib
dicarbonate
dinery
direct-coupled circuit
disk source
electrothermal furnace
Embattle Seamount
enrollment
executionism
extraterritorial effect of law
fixed net
flanged connection
forkhorn
gall dang
genus protiums
German East Africa
get wind of
gets through
go home contraceptives
goureux
grand unification
graphite pebbles
heavyweight
hemoptysis
holadysine
horselaughs
induction dynamic loudspeaker
ingeniera
ink floatation test
insulin inhibition test
katsariss
Lahore Museum
launching stage
leuco-bases
lightly deformed crystal
motor driven welding machine
Muslimized
nicotinize
normal flow
normal height
Nozay
order tremellaless
osakis
ousbeckite (uzbekite)
papademetriou
partial jurisdiction
phacocystitis
pitch damping device
prevacation
professional perception
propane-
Puerto Padre
Qetesh
quantum-mechanical clock
quoted stock
reserve for sinking fund
resolubilize
Rhabdoviridae
seedholder
self-denied
setting parameter
slateblue
sneakily
soft spectrum
spadefeet
spark coils
stair wire
still-greens
subset classifier
supply tank
surburbans
swash bulkhead
taking the air
traditional exercise therapy
UK-2371
unit of taxation
vanadizing
vertical branch
vest
video-graphics
voice frequency signalling current
yolp