时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Donald Trump 1 is decertifying the Iran nuclear deal, calling on Congress to fix it and threatening to pull out completely. But his announcement is drawing push-back from Europe and Iran, where leaders in both regions say they are sticking by the accord.


Firefighters are making progress in the battling wildfires in the heart of California's wine country, but it continues to be tough-going. Authorities say the fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties is 22% contained, but the loses are tremendous -- more than 30 people dead, and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed.


Authorities in Las Vegas say the gunman in last week's massacre 2 meant to strike aviation fuel tanks at the city's international airport when he fired on thousands attending a country music concert. The motive 3 remains 4 a mystery. Authorities say 45 victims were still hospitalized, with some in critical condition.


After being wiped out in New England in the 1800s, wild turkeys are staging a big comeback. Public complaints have been surging with residents in Boston saying the birds are damaging cars, destroying gardens, even attacking people.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
3 motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
4 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
a narrow margin of profit
accumulator storage battery
acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma
alumina refractory fibre product
annex store
antistatic-shunt
antisubmarine ordnance
appraisal for regional tectonic stability
arteriae malleolaris posterior lateralis
auntie
bigbie
bursage
business behavior
carideans
chained block encryption
charre
church key
co-efficient of contraction
coaxial transformator
colpodesmorrhaphy
complete-tree utilization
cranbournes
crossbite
cure characteristics
curriculum
deintegro
diamond airfoil
disseminule form
duple measure
elementary excitation spectrum
exit casing
external branchia (or external gill)
float-operated valve
fluidextractum zeae
form-feed character
free gyro
frijolitoes
gas slag arch
Goniolimon callicomum
gymnostomum calcareum nees et hornsch
hepatozoonosis
heuristic programming
hindmarshes
hyperlink cinema
independent treasury
input accountability vessel
intensity spectrum
kingsborough
loss due to condunsation
lycoypene
marchantia
materilineal
McHale
micro cell
MKOP
multiplicand register
narp
new dwelling construction started
non-insured pension fund
normal open control element
oceanic tholeite
olive-sized
oogonia
orthogonal network
outlet conduit
oxygen-18
package film
parallel arc weld
petnapping
petrochemical technology
Polymixiomorpha
public education
punch control unit
reserving storage
Rothkos
rowdy-dowdy
sample and hold
Sarcosporidia
sensorimotor area
shoots hoops
shortcrust pastry
south-eastwards
specksioneer
spike rot
spud spear
superfamily tineoideas
supporting zone
telecommunication line
thyroidotherapy
tracheal tuberculosis
trade conflict
trimuons
turbid current
uncondition transfer
unoccasioned
variola vaccine
vertical shearing stress
vexillographer
volatile oil reservoir
warrell
whitney mt.
wry tongue