时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(七)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute.


1. The U.S military will keep permitting its transgender members to serve openly for now. Defense 1 secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday military is waiting for formal direction from president Donald Trump 2 before implementing 3 the plan. Trump tweeted Wednesday that "Transgender individuals would not be allowed to serve in the arm forces in any capacity". 


2. Ohio governor John Kasich declared that this year's Ohio state fair wouldn't be defined by last night's accident on a carnival 4 ride. One person was killed, seven were injured last night when a section of the fireball ride collapsed 5. Officials say the ride passed an inspection 6 that same day. 


3. In Missouri, heavy rains across the Kansas city area led to numerous water rescues. A TV crew captured this woman being rescued from her flooded car. The national weather service forecasts at least 4 to 7 inches of rain fell in just few hours. 


4. And in Florida, an up-close look at the police wrangling 7 an alligator 8. Body camera video shows the officer helping 9 capture it from someone's yard. When it resisted, the cop climbed on top and secured the gator's mouse. The gator was later released back into the wild. 


Robert Bumsted, the Associated Press with AP news minute.



1 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
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 implementing
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
4 carnival
n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演
  • I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
  • Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。
5 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
6 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
7 wrangling
v.争吵,争论,口角( wrangle的现在分词 )
  • The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
  • The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具(互相)争吵。 来自辞典例句
8 alligator
n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)
  • She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
  • Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。
9 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
学英语单词
abnormality of force of labor
acute peritonitis
andell
antiself
attn.
birota
blackeye
blending machine
blue cross
breaker card
bubble-plate column
butylase
cam-bearing sleeve
catcha
coal measures unit
concrete nouns
confab
croupous conjunctivitis
cutaneious
dentes acustici
destimulates
dichlorodimethylhydantoin
directional explosion
Dirty Faces
dissolution boiler
djibbahs
double-shaft turbine
Early Modern English
elastic bond wheel
Emiratised
Energy Antitrust Bill
exclamation points
extended distance
eyelids
fast reactor rocket
flow-production
fluoquinolone
forthbears
franchisal
fredegar
frz.
galvanizing rig
Haloxylon aphyllum
hatted
hit men
hoist piston ring
Hydroxyandrostanes
interfixes
iron grill(e)
janaceks
janniot
lefu
logania family
m-sulfamylbenzoic acid
Mayurbhanj(Baripada)
mess-rooms
methane ionization chamber
Methyiperone
Microformer
mini-emulator
mobile clinic
multi-tracks
narratress
nestion
nonaccelerated
oil-mixed dough
ol system
ones place
outtrick
pectoral fin
pedestal brace
perforator characters
ploughing disc harrow
praisable
pre-set jammer
public correspondence service
quailed
ray radiation
relational algebra machine
sample-out count
shipping market
silicon-organic lacquer
sjberg
snastes
sport utility vehicles
starred nebula
sticky paper
surface bearing
sweeny
symbol check character
teashops
tippy-top
total suspended particulate index
trainspotter
tumbling crusher
uncult
union screw coupling
v.p.s
wedge film
wire-puller
Xanthium mongolicum
xanthoma multiplexes