时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Washington police say a woman described as erratic 1 and aggressive drove a car into a US Capitol Police cruiser near the US Capitol. She was later taken into custody 2. Police say shots were fired during the arrest, but there were no injuries.


UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Wednesday that Britain has triggered the European Union divorce process. May said the Article 50 of the EU's key treaty process was underway in accordance with the wishes of the British people.


President Donald Trump 3 is vowing 4 to step up efforts to combat the nation's addiction 5 crisis. The president held a round-table with New Jersey 6 Governor Chris Christie, launching a new addiction commission that Trump has asked his former rival to chair.


And a farmyard pig in South Africa is causing a stir in the art world with the unique talent for painting. "Pigcasso" was saved from slaughter 7 and now brings home the bacon by selling her colorful creations around the world.


Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 erratic
adj.古怪的,反复无常的,不稳定的
  • The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
  • The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。
2 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
4 vowing
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
5 addiction
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
  • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
6 jersey
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
7 slaughter
n.屠杀,屠宰;vt.屠杀,宰杀
  • I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
  • Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
学英语单词
8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate
a quantity of
abt system railway
abunidazole
arguluss
audio tapes
audio video speech recognition
augmentation system
aurora tubes
Balseiro
bichromat
bilge tank
blue dun
called bond
Camachigama, L.
Carlylean
caved in
chimeric protein
clear anchorage
climb very steep slopes
cluster number
common control switching system
controlled speed axle generator
cowardy custard
crabbers
current number
demodulating
drill and practice
dropping that
Duranol dyes
electromagnetic coupling asynchronous motor
Epaphus
essential gene
eulerian derivative
existential operator
expressivenesses
fermentation-like
foot mark
frieze
gaurs
Georgite
goggle-eye
granite fruit bowl
Grunbaum-Widal test
heavy-duty detergent
height of row
hemntodiarrhoea
Hughligan
impermeabilized
instrument face plate
interpretive translation program
kangaroo paws
kashin
Kocaali
light weight case
longest-running
lyolysis
mark reader
materiel maintenance
micromastia
military fever
mongrelizer
myriawatt
naturphilosophies
ngugi
ordered Abelian group
Ostrobothnia
out-of-service time
pallet feed
phthaleins
plumed thistles
probability of escape per absorption
resyndicating
reuuber matrix
rotex-screen
Saint-Maurice
schiefelbein
scumoff
self religion
spalder
spatial pattern
Strip-sowing
support vector
surveying altimeter
Tamazula
tell on
terminated
tin-roofed
total oxides of nitrogen
trans-contextual
transmission line corridor
travel(l)ing trader
triazine
two-dimensional optical radar
underman
uniform vorticity
Villacidro
well-behaved
West Stonesdale
will-call
wire annealing
Xinyi District