时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(四)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. The White House is calling a new inquiry 1 into former national security advisor 2 Michael Flynn "Appropriate". The pentagon's acting 3 inspector 4 general is investigating payments received by Flynn from Russia's state sponsored RT television network, as well as a Turkish-owned company linked to Turkey's government. 


2. The senior navy commander overseeing Pacific military operations says North Korea's crisis is at the worst point he's ever seen. Admiral Harry 5 Harris Jr. told the senate armed service committee he has no doubt Pyongyang intends to develop a nuclear missile capable of striking the U.S. 


3. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau applauded president Trump 6's announcement that he will not immediately pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, as originally promised. Trudeau said he and Trump had a "Good conversation about the issue Wednesday night". 


4. And the penguin 7 colony at the London zoo has two new editions. The baby birds were hatched last week, one chick on Easter Monday, followed two days later by its sibling 8.   


Kelly Daschle,  the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
2 advisor
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
3 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
4 inspector
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
5 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 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。
7 penguin
n.企鹅
  • The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
  • He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。
8 sibling
n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)
  • Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
  • Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里,兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。
学英语单词
-metrical
ACE inhibitors
adenosine triphosphate sulfurylase
agar strength
all-aged
architraved
aspergillus hollandicus
barthel
base of pock
beam-shaping CRT(cathode-ray tube)
beatle acne
bill collector
Bogoria, L.
boobyers
botai
bourgoins
breame
brejon
bridge type detector
bucket-brigade delay
butyl carbitol formal
cinder pigs
common basils
common grade
coraebus aesopus
counterfutt
cover the shortage
cutting out bar
Daphne myrtilloides
deliberate damage clause
detention act
diffusion barrier
diopside granitite
disc gage
ecomusicologies
ecphrases
edge disjoint cut-set union
electrocardiagraph
ensiling additive
entry form
erythema diffusum
faradic shock
flat-work
full monty
heartbrokes
iced tea
injured vessel
kassi
kawawas
life-in
linear collision stopping power
meant well by
Merchant Shipping Rules
molecular model
Muencke pump
multi-function heat analyzer
myofibrillary
Nageotte radicular nerve
naval campaigns
Neo-Methidin
neutrinos
nutrients required per kg of milk
o'neals
organic fibre reinforcement
parathyroid injury
Parravicini
Peano axiom
peroxidase staining
phleum alpinum
poche
polyorganotitanosiloxane
premium member
processing and storage plant rice drying
purchasing requisition form
Quief
quillaiae cortex
re-ringing
resistance to tarnishing
retribuer
Schouten, Kep.
secondary arc
single-head wire stitcher
sjal
small skippers
snyderina yamanokami
spindle cyclide
St Clement Danes
stiletto heels
stria of external granular layer
Subantarctic Intermediate Water
subsurface divide
synclinal ridge
Tarim He
tetranite
tipula (pterelachisus) niitakensis
track bond
tribasic alcohol
trinary
Trombicula scutellaris
unfork
wig-splitter
yewe