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.


A public viewing was held Friday evening in Cooper City, Florida for US Army Sergeant 1 La David Johnson, one of four Americans killed Oct. 4th in an ambush 2 in southwest Niger. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced it will conduct an investigation 3 into the deaths. Johnson's funeral will be held Saturday.


Suicide bombers 4 struck two mosques 6 in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, a Shiite mosque 5 in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in western Ghor Province. It's killing 7 at least 63 people. There is no immediate 8 claim of responsibility for the attacks.


Astronauts went space walking Friday to provide some necessary focus to the International Space Station's robot arm. The main job for the duo was to replace a blurry 9 cemara on the new robotic hand that was installed during a space walk two weeks ago.


And Melania Trump 10 donated her inaugural 11 ball gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. The first lady handed over the vanilla 12 silk, off-the-shoulder gown during a ceremony in Washington.


Kelly Daschle, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 sergeant
n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
2 ambush
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击
  • Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
  • Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
3 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 bombers
n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 );投弹手;安非他明胶囊;大麻叶香烟
  • Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 mosque
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
6 mosques
清真寺; 伊斯兰教寺院,清真寺; 清真寺,伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )
  • Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下?
  • The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺,过去年久失修,现在已经修复。
7 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
8 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
9 blurry
adj.模糊的;污脏的,污斑的
  • My blurry vision makes it hard to drive. 我的视力有点模糊,使得开起车来相当吃力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The lines are pretty blurry at this point. 界线在这个时候是很模糊的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 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。
11 inaugural
adj.就职的;n.就职典礼
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
12 vanilla
n.香子兰,香草
  • He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
  • I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
学英语单词
4-bromo-2-propionyl-1-naphthol
antidromic cortical response
antipsychoanalytic
appointor
arraf
astrometrica
Bazovo
botafogoes
brake application valve
Brambauer
bureau of statistics
chromatographic system
closed cycle mhd power generation
coffin ships
comb growth unit
complex space of several dimensions
Conestoga wagon
coughless
cyclopean deformity
decaying
decreolise
deneuve
diesel-electric shovel
downsea
dunceish
ergothioneine
ethyl-3-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)chromone
examinophobia
fandub
fording EXP
fouowed
future-oriented
glacialine
high-temperature behaviour
home wrecka
house service wire(s)
huswifely
hypothalamic regulating hormone
identified coefficient
International Ship Reporting Association
ionic produce
Isthmus of Suez
j-t
joint farm operation
Kragenæs
law of convertibility
lease financing
Lokoja
low-voltage magnetron
medial canthus
melley
Metileo
midthought
minuta
Morskoy Biryuchok, Ostrov
Mézilhac
Oedheim
Omongo
osteitic
oxyful
pathogen smaller than bacteria
paying ability
peach-bloom
petronas
photodissociation
pillages
plaisters
poles of a network function
polysynthetic twinning
preproduction approval
project definition
prostaglandin
quasi-disjunction
refutatively
Regulation G
relaxation scanning
relay normal condition
remancipate
resignments
riffled sheet
rocksalt
shunt ratio
size-graded layer
slaer
slip fan
spacing of normally sown seeds
stabilisations
straw discharging chain
subabdominal
subdevices
T-clamp
test conductor
theory of finite groups
topic sentence
triplicate book
uninsulated pipe
unpublished materials
upheld
vaso-seminal vesiculography
voluntar
zero buttock
zoostratigraphy