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
acclimatable
acneiform pustule
ambient concentration
antivibration table
arbalester
Asian corn borers
asscan
autophthalmoscopy
be creative of
beam stripping
beneficiating
bestrides
Bills department
Bilshausen
black rot of rice grains
blebby bead
bring one's hogs to a pretty market
Camarines Norte, Prov.of
Carduus acanthoides L.
chemical sensitivities
cyclopropyl methyl ether
distributionwarehouse
doctor test
dog lock protection
dry-caves
dynamical predictability
endorsement to order
ezekwe
ferrel
ferrous alloys
field stars
flowerpetals
foist sth on
fuel heater
genus paeonias
go behind someone's back
grid-leak detector
groundwater circulation
grouping of commodities
Haematopota yamadai
hausen
hemoplanesis
heteronomy
implementation procedures
infusion apparatus
input file control block
integral calculuss
intermediate appendage
intraorbital foreign body
iododermas
ippg
last names
leave a bad taste in sb's mouth
liberalization of market
linseed oils
lithomelissa monoceras
low background counter
make war against
mean function of stochastic process
minimal curve
neproton
neutrophilic metamyelocyte
nogest
Old World vulture
perfect symmetric distribution
Phenchlor
physical wear
pilot blacksnake
politicophobia
preferential voting
prouision
pseudomonas angulata (fromme et murray) holland
quadlet
rank-dependent utility theory
re-irradiation
release note
ring-tailed
rusine
sageman
sand phlox
saniaster
Sarelon
spongiform
standard pail
starter unit
state aid
steer a steady course
straitjacketed
stroke lightning
subgenuses
supervisory information
tape back
teleprint paper
terminal airspace
testicular arteries
to hope for the best
under pledge af secrecy
urocystis tritici k nicke
value of manufacturers' inventory
vasohypotonic
walk - away price
your lord