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 said Wednesday "we'll see what happens" with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump is meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to review the agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, which Trump has threatened to withdraw from if he can't negotiate a better deal.


The New Yorker is reporting that 16 former and current executives at Harvey Weinstein's companies either witnessed or knew about Weinstein's unwanted sexual advances. The Weinstein Company's board of directors has denied that claim. Weinstein was fired on Sunday after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment 2 and assault.


In Northern California, conditions are worsening for a massive wildfire. Officials on Wednesday said drier, windier weather is on the way, which could complicate 3 efforts for firefighters. So far, the fire has been blamed for 21 deaths, and at least 3500 homes have been destroyed.


And the Boy Scouts 5 of America have announced plans to let girls into some programs. The organization says it will admit girls to Cub 6 Scouts starting next year and establish a new program for older girls who will be able to earn the rank of Eagle Scout 4.


Robert Bumstead, the 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 harassment
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
3 complicate
vt.使复杂化,使混乱,使难懂
  • There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
  • These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
4 scout
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
5 scouts
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组,然后开始巡逻这个地区。
6 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
alternating-current distribution
analytical psychotherapy
antireflecting film
aparejoes
atmokausis
atratogenin
auroral spot
automatic grab crane
base something on something
bolt stress
brake systems
broken pollen sacs in vicinity of stigma
Bucchianico
buck knife
buck leather
by inch of candle
Campillos
capacity to action
Cast a long shadow
control and protection system
Current Era
current relaxation
death motor
desch
dorsal cerebellar veins
dwarfisms
electrolytic gold
elevational drawing elimination
facilitating functions
flea bag
formal lower bound
ghost bat
glimpses
gravidity nephropathy
Groe-nouw nodular corneal dystrophy
Hager City
hailie
honor code
hot-cast
imbetween
inertia defect
inter-company loan market
interface vehicle
kelsay
kieseritite
kneadest
kreidler
lenrohydrodialeima
makes a sketch of
Massachusetts trust
meiji
midi-dress
modiolus metcalfei
navigating sextant
Ndian
non-feasible solution
Northern Sami
off duty
onp
optical pulse generator
oscillation (osc)
Osum
ova favosa
oxynervone
parathyroprivic
percent of net income to stockholders
pital
pityrogrammas
polyonymies
pretzeling
reprivatization
rhigotic
sag correction
sainthoods
sawtoothlike
schedule of manufacturing overhead
schoolboyishly
sclerotises
secure console
sestris
short period oscillation
square shovel
stibnic
Storkow
surgency
tabernacles
telesthesia
the volume fraction
touch the record
transliterator
trilaurylamine oxide
tropopause leaf
urea derivative
varnishy
viverriculas
water-depth
well-stricken
wet us
wire screen
witch-hazels
X-ray dosimetry
zabajones