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.


California's fire chief says at least 1500 structures have been destroyed in wildfires that ripped through the state's wine country. Fires are burning through eight counties in Northern California alone, and another wildfire erupted Monday in the southern part of the state.


Environmental Protection Agency administrator 1 Scott Pruitt says the Trump 2 administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming. The EPA is expected to declare the Obama-era rule exceeded federal law by setting emissions 3 standards that power plants could not reasonably meet.


A Texas father is facing child endangerment charges after he leaving his three-year-old daughter outside as punishment, and now she's missing. Police say the Dallas-area father ordered his daughter outside at 3 a.m. to punish her for not drinking her milk.


And a Rhode Island grower is the first in the world to achieve a trifecta in the hobby of growing giant foods, setting world records for heaviest pumpkin 4, longest long gourd 5 and heaviest squash,smashed his latest record with a green squash tipping the scales at 2118 pounds.


Suzzane Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 administrator
n.经营管理者,行政官员
  • The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
  • He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
2 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。
3 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
4 pumpkin
n.南瓜
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
5 gourd
n.葫芦
  • Are you going with him? You must be out of your gourd.你和他一块去?你一定是疯了。
  • Give me a gourd so I can bail.把葫芦瓢给我,我好把水舀出去。