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
additive inverses
aesu
ageostrophic wind
Akankpa
amphimetra laevipinna
anointing massage
as-supplied state
automatic-tracking
bearer shares
beater dyeing
believe water can flow uphill
bismuth gingivitis
black padding liquor
Bretonneau's diphtheria
carlsbergite
cherbonniers
computer aided manufacturing (cam)
coniscope
contribution to
control rod extension
convex side
Coronophorales
criminelle
crystal group
cylindrical bottom
daily cash balance
data transmission utilization
Dennilton
depardieux
digram
dishono(u)rably
divisor of a function
drain-holes
dream balloon
dyclesium
earthing reactor
eastman-kodak
eudemony
extrasaccular hernia
fiennes
fluoridizing metallurgy
foam applicator
galipoline
gendemen
global business
greenstock
Gukmangbong
heat-resistant plastic nozzle
hemp-palm
heterosexualisms
high beam
high-beam plow
high-tension mercury-vapor spotlight
housing projects
index curve
institutionals
insurrective
international stock market
ipvd
La Plaine-des-Palmistes
laserwriters
letterers
light flux meter
loading signal board
Miňo, R.(Minho, R.)
nanosport
no credit charges
noncyclotomic
nullas
numan
Open Virtualization Alliance
Pacasmayo
parquet varnish
PCP-NA
persistent internal polarization
plastic organic clay
point filament
political concern
pollenophagous
poofters
prestripe
psgchobiology
reverse thinking
sciurines
serpina
ship handling tug
signal to noise ratio (s/n)
steering pin
stratum griseum centrale
subcontinents
swung over
template forming
theory of Lie algebra
toy duck
trallixanthin
trowled
Umbuzeiro
voice-controlled
voltage sensing relay
waltron
xyloglucans