时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(一)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Barack Obama defended his decision to grant clemency 1 to convicted leaker Chelsea Manning. Mr. Obama made the comments at the White House Wednesday during his last press conference as president. The president said he felt comfortable justice has been served and Manning has served a tough prison sentence.


Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency says that climate change is real. This came during Scott Pruitt's Senate confirmation 2 hearing in response to questions by Democrats 3. Pruitt's response breaks with both the president-elect and his own past statements.


Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara are both in a Texas hospital. The 92-year-old was admitted over the weekend for shortness of breath, while Mrs. Bush was reportedly admitted as a precaution after experiencing fatigue 4 and coughing.


And the world's oldest panda in captivity 5 reached a major milestone 6 Wednesday, celebrating her 37th birthday in a breeding center in China. The average lifespan for a panda in the wild is reportedly 18 to 20 years, while in captivity, it's 30 years.


Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 clemency
n.温和,仁慈,宽厚
  • The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题,将由国王决定。
  • They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。
2 confirmation
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
3 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 fatigue
n.疲劳,劳累
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
5 captivity
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
6 milestone
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
学英语单词
a flash point
account name
acoustic trauma
activation cycle
active recall
anathrepsis
anthracoidea caricis (pers) bref
antierythropoietin
aquacduclus sylvii
Aschaffenburg
Attucks, Crispus
auto-anamnesis
between-class variation
boardsman
bone metabolism during weightlessness
bovarysm
calrick
Capriati
cochleariuss cochleariuss
Comblain-au-Pont
computer-assisted plotting
congruence axiom
copy-editors
corynebacterium
D. Cc.
data link
descriptions
dhootie
effective transmission band of channel
eldry
enterogastric
epitonium fasciatum
establisher
exchange rate overshooting
fashion industries
feedback line identification
fencing area
ferroboron
fill factor
financial review
foodprint identification
frame filter
frequency record
gas adsorption method
genus Ondatra
half-birds
hand1e
high pressure propellant tank
ionocovalent
jelliffication
june moon
Kara Kara
know something backwards
labial villi
latching remote control switch
leucadendrons
levels of operation
low hysteresis steel
loxoconcha crispatum
mother-in-law apartment
mymecophil
najah
nasoocular
naval landing party
not the less
OAGI
obtuseangle blade
oil bath air filter
oil-water boundary
optically tracked
outsprang
paddy bird
patrones
pedal rotary thresher
phalangist
Polivyanskiy
principal act
Psilidae
qualudes
rangled
reference diode
regulids
resistor capacitor transistor logic
sagdeev
sea carriage
seatpack
series relay
Siberian jay
slicing through
sorteth
spectral image generalization
speed of insertion
Strauss's cannula
suspending beam
tender conditions
test message
Towse
triazopho
true resistance
unprogressively
xinganite- (y) (hingganite-y)
Zawtika