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
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
a.z
aetheogam
age-categories
andelle r.
angela merkel
bailiff-errant
band edge
Bayan-Kol
bismuthyl dichromate
blog software
brisas
Britpicked
calcinosis circumscripta
castellani paint
Chinese word processor
clamp coupling
clutch adjusting cover
coil sleeve
commercial beef grade
concentration of harmful substance
cracking method
disobediencies
drain basin
draught stop
dummy bar
enzyme converted corn starch
Estand, Kūh-e
extrapolated length
ferrite device
film absorber
flash boiler
flowering almond ?
food phosphate factor
fuldmogtig
game-winning
general trader's weight
get off on sth
glasnost and perestroika
gothic
Hanchungolithus
high speed high-resistance counter
high-impact polystyrene
hitoshi
home-work
homoskedastic
hung loose
input output matrix
invertomer
isophase light
juliflora
Karmatians
keep something for a rainy day
kermin
Kāzipet
labour availability
line of means
line-for-line
make-up carrier gas
makes peace
mediaplayer
Melvyn Bragg
mercryl
Metaline Falls
microscopic reversibility
Miss.
Mitrastemon kawasasakii
monogamous family
movie director
mujra
nothing like something
oho
opal lamp
outsmarter
pandoors
parachromatopsia
poachier
post-mortem dump
postcolumellar
preliminary designation
prompt industrial scrap
proper noun
regulatory agency
rhodoic acid
rice black streak dwarf
robust stabilization
self-checking number system
soda paper
stepping method
strategic training
stray-gundersen
strip-type magnetron
superficial transverse metacarpal ligament
support stringer
tat
teacher rating
the National Trust
triboelectrically
Tungun, Bukit
water flushing
with a stroke of the pencil