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
A pluses
alkaline process
Amomum melegueta
arc-energy
ash shatrah (shatra)
auto polo
automatically adjusting counter weight
backed frictional material
bandpass if filters
bioburden
brommer
calabrian age
capsulizing
centesimally
clear your throat
closed feedwater heater
copperhead snakes
cravath
crystal-gazing
diduryk
dimeprozan
dismayed
dormozoite
double angle formula
dry rot
dry saltery
durdins
DVMs
electronic controlled intermittent tractor
emmeshing
epidermatomycosis
etiolin
Euro STOXX
family Jungermanniaceae
flight instructor certificate
Form-constant
frenula praeputii penis
galleypot
graptolitic facies
Guisez's tube
high-speed stretch
Holwerd
hot potato routing
hows-to
Ilokano, Ilocanos
immitigably
intermediate shop
irregular break
Joseph
Joy longwall loading machine
keiter
Lamblia
lamentingly
less than truckload
local shear failure
Luampa Kuta
mains-operated set (unit)
mediatore
melanotropic cell
micro-ray
multiplexor (multiplexer)
narratizations
non-parallel equal crank linkage
oakmosses
oil-electric locomotive
OPCEN
PCTCP
perithyroiditis
philadelphus purpurascens (koehne) rehd.
photochemicaltransformation
phrasemaking
piezoresistor accel erometer
plough-shoe
preamps
pushmower
pyrindenes
regularly intermittent pulse
rhombic hemimorphic-hemihedral class
running torque-frequency characteristic
Scotchify
self defeating strategy
self-dual configuration
septum of glans
shag
skin pass rolling
statement of business operation
steak-and-potatoes
steamer trunks
subgrade in talus zone
surb
sweat index
tiflucarbine
tumor of palate
turbulent scattering
tuyere cooler
undercrowded
university publications
updating service
vapid
victualing house
walk with God
yarnwindles