时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(六)月


英语课

This is AP news minute.


1. British police arrested a dozen of people Sunday in a widening investigation 1, after attackers using van and large knifes turned a Saturday night into a bloodbath, and killed 7 people in the heart of London. Shortly after the attack, president Donald Trump 2 waded 3 in on Twitter, saying "We need on the travel ban as an extra level of safety".


2. Ariana Grande returned to the Manchester stage, two weeks after a suicide bombing killed 22 victims at a concert in the same city. 60,000 fans attended the star set one love Manchester concert.


3. A Venezuelan musician and activist 4 performed a concert in Caracas. The event was dotted the street concert for life and was meant to be the protest against the regime of embattled president Nicolas Maduro.


4. People in the UK have responded to the deadly London bridge attack with sorrow and distinctly British humor. Hailing a man seen walking away from the Mayhem, holding a pint 5 of beer as tongue-in-cheek symbol of defiance 6.


Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
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 waded
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
4 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
5 pint
n.品脱
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
6 defiance
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗
  • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
  • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
学英语单词
a big ticket item
arbitristas
automatic edge trimming-banding machine
azathioprim
Bacillus necrophorus
banking supervisory authority
Bannesdorf auf Fehmarn
Berenices
bronchoscopists
cazdens
cercospora chionanthi
climatic wind tunnel
contour inteval
crankpin angle
d.s
decalcified bone
dilly
dybarism
electric portable heater
electrooculographic sensor
embryonic crystal
equivalence of fibre bundle
equivalent plastic strain
fan-shaped anticline
fifth-season
flexible markup pricing
fluorogene
follow path
follow up men
Fountain Inn
French marjoram oil
gamogenetic egg
glisoxepid
gluteal tuberosity
gready
hanging coffins
heterocodeine
hipot
hirsutiusculus
hydraulic welding gun
irregular endorser
isotope technique
knee-slappers
leachabilities
learning by example
Leblanc phase advancer
leptospermus
Loran-C receiver
Lower Brule Indian Reservation
maltreatment of prisoners
mastigures
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
microtitres
minimum stable capacity
nailextractor
object computer
OPOSENT
overcasted
oxychlorosene
parron
passenger profile
pentagramme
permissive matching
Persepolitan
pilot valve governor
predecessor task
prism binoculars
proteolyticbacteria
pterocarpoid
Purbalingga
range figures
rectilinear coordi-nate recorder
regular budget
regulation of forest
resident commissionor
roughing special slotting tool
rueth
sexipolar
single-execution
sod grass
split lens
stabilizing angle limiter
strange to observe
Sumapaz, Parque Nacional
switching off transients
tall drink of water
tetragonal selector
timbuktus
total internal reflection angle
track safety appliances
train station
turnstile radiator
turpidometer
U.s. dlr
unstratified structure
violation transition
waltz into
warmblood
water gauges
windfern
xylotrioses
zide