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
3-methyl-1-pentyn-3-ol
acro-cephalosyndactyly
agrophysical property
alternative ending
Amittai
army air base (aab)
army health service
barrier insulation
be spotted
bentiness
bioregionalism
blood-thirsty
blow your cover
bolshevise
bushehr (bushire)
butterfly rash
Cantharellus
christmas candle
closed jet nonreturn flow tunnel
dangerous to man and animals
Darawati
de-epicardialization
detonators for blasting
disappointments
dottinesses
dynamically loaded plain bearing
E-H T junction
eoneureclipsis taiwanensis
estriate
excited state well
Fasciola magna
fast food chain
fish glues
Full Deadweight
function declaration
gene-modified
genetic gene
genus dracontiums
genus Ricinus
ground-effect
gyroscopic torque
having an eye to
IMNI
internecine
intrinsic noise temperature
inversionless
k-fold mixing condition
khusol
Małogoszcz
mendus
metheny
music-room
N-behenoyl(1-bb-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine
native peach
normal text/codes for categorical observations
Northern Michigan
note payable trade
open offer
open-end impedance
optical aberration
orifice restriction
parallel and pipeline processing
person charged
photon drag effect
pine-tree resin
pressure maintenance
primary curve
pseudorealistic
reel-type
repaganizing
residential block green belt
rhythmic layering
salinity gradient energy conversion
Sen In
Sesostris I
sexual arousal
short sequence scheme
smoley
solar cell cover
specifications of desks and chairs
spinal muscle of thorax
spissatus
sponge gourd
starvation of processes
stauffenberg
stomatopods
structural perturbation
subsoil attachment
symmetry intermediates
tetrapropoxy-silicane
timber-preservation plant
to be expected
total-presure at exit
trifluoroethane
Troina, Fiume
unit force
uxorilocality
Vamin
velocity-volume curve
visual astrophotometry
water-resistant enamel
yahn