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
absolute endorsements
acoustic branch
adjustment works expenses
agedabia
all pull mill
AM-FM converter
amount of motion
bendiga
bimorphs
binaurally
Bol'shoy Peledon
built up piston
calocin
cancel character instruction
Chancos
childhood disorder
closure dimension
cogradient matrix
color effect
condensation number
cordiality
Cornus amomum
coupling ring
critical set algorithm
cyberlockers
Dimet wire
electric overspeed tripping device
equinometer
experimental malacology
exponential tail
external gravity field
extolments
Fenocylin
ferruginous quartzite
follow the target
genetic correlation
genus Hemerocallis
germination test
get your butt in gear
Good-King-Henries
graphic estimation method
gunkiest
guy derrick
heater intermittent test
Hiptage fraxinifolia
HS-TK
image antenna
inside-angle tool
iron-lazulite
Kathikas
leiomyoblastomas
limited scan antenna
London landed clause
long-range optical camera
Louis XVIII
lymphodemous
misaffection
misborne
Mpls.
nicotyrine
noise induction
noise regulation law
off the handle
Orr, Robert Gordon(Bobby)
outward diffusion
patesi
Phenylalanin-Lost
photo etching
picea obovatas
pistoleer
pot-type oil switch
presentational affix
pterygoid venous plexus
radicalizings
Recreational Software Advisory Council
reinforcement range
roller-coasterish
ruralization
Rutoceratina
San Marco d'Alunzio
sclerodermoid
select best strategies
signal cycle
Sistani Persian
sitters
Spencer County
splintering fracture
Spumariaceae
stay hook
subsequent treatment
successive character
Sun Quan
terminating subscriber
three-stage continuous cultivation
tunnel constraint
vaginal artery
vastatins
viral pericarditis
Waltheof
Willan's line
Xiaoqing
yelets (elets)