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
act drop
active learning activity
ambulatorial
amorphous sugar
anthrax bacillus
Auberger blood group system
balanced budget
be comprised in
bead and butt
bilge plug
boulder flint
bright-lit
camin
carob flour
cassos
chemical wood-pulp
chemotherapeutic index
chromosomic
clock power
cock pump
collaria lurida
complementary transistor
contract of service
coxal glands
crico-arytenoid joints
data block
data vaulting
desecrations
dexproxibutene
diffusant
direct-excitation transmitter
disc of confusion
Ecsegfalva
Epicureanisms
exhaust pressure-resisting elbow
fan clubs
fixed gas
freeze framing
full lift valve
girkins
granado
grawous
hackney coaches
hard feeder
heathenship
highf-speed diesel engine
horizontal wind system
in the biblical sense
inertial guidance integrating gyro
jolthead
junior issue
letter of hardship
lumenmeter
marginellona gigas
mechanical language structure
mental energies
microcommand
minor premisses
misvote
myelomonocyte
NAVSUP
neihart
ninepences
no-gos
non-Sunni
nood
optical line follower
orifice feed tank
other corporate taxes
palembus dermestoides
papuleuse maligne atrophiante
peripheral cam
phase compensation
placental fluid
recurrent albuminuria
rheoviscometer
rilmenidine
ritzenthaler
Salix plocotricha
Schwarzach am Main
sereen settler
sharp notch
shrubalthea bark
singular series
slag bridging
stand by facilities
standby replacement redundancy
studiest
submerged washing machine
tail volume ratio
tetrarchate
theatricalising
traditional owners
unitaid
unprovocative
valve complement
vasyutin
ventilation silo
vip room
weak nuclear
wheel-dressing device
withdrawal of appearance