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
accessory drive shaft
acquired Von Willebrand syndrome
anti-apartheidism
Bailleul
be full of guts
beat a retreat
blade width
bombing navigation system
bonded factory
brightness vision
bullnoses
closure of debate
cobaltlotharmeyerite
combined lighting
concentration of aqua ammonia
Constantine Bay
constantly acting load
current outlay cost
cyberspaces
De Koven, Reginald
deceased person
die-away curve
dipso-
double switch
draw bar pull dynamometer
drip moulds
electrode block
emergency stairs
fluorinated poly (arylene ether sulfides)
fresco colour
gel exclusion chromatograph
gmhc
granulacytosis
hartsheesh
hold ... hands
hybrid opto-receiver
hypertens
intraformational contortion or corrugation
Iso-Nirtosoacetophenone
Izanami
Koenecke's tests
laminated ferrite memory plane
lea tester
lepidoma
local race
Lofortyx
logic variable logical variable
medical meteorology
melanose or canker of citrus
Naramata
netanya
netter
nicopile
nilssons
nomothetic research
occulusion
octarchy
olecranon bursae
one-digit array
organizational behavior modification (ob mod)
osteochondritis of capitular epiphysis of femur
pdf files
permanent aurora
phlebotomine
pillow mat
plasma lipid
Plumbago indica
podzolization (podsolization)
polychlorinated diphenyl
prunellae spica
pylaisiadelpha integrifolia
pyrogenation
Quang Phong
repeddling
rheology modification
right of beneficiaries
road improvement
ropishness
RSKmo-2
saggily
sales engineers
sardius
Schlatter's disease
screen effect
snickering
sodium bifluoride
sodium sesquicarbonate
soooooo
space-time distanciation
spinnerbaits
standardisation
subchanter
subsilicates
Tanzania Shilling
three-roid node
thunderlight
transmetallation
Trolla
unexperience
Velocef
watch one's opportunity
withhold from the market