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
ACROPORIDAE
active scanning interval
Ad def.an.
additive colour
adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)
affadavit
aggregated nodule
approacher
as the actress said to the bishop
Asian Bond Market Initiative
Asurbanipal
Augustenborg Fd.
baisemain
Barcadera
barrel races
Basedow's pseudo-paraplegia
cadiminate
catheter slipjoint
chain ligature
chest compressions
circulation factor
coil heating
common elm (ulmus campestris l.)
controlled tap
cranchiid
cyamarin
date prompt
disk mill
drydocking survey
dynamic adjustment
elastic line method
ergot
family Alopiidae
fanjet engines
ferment odo(u)r
fev
fibroma of vagina
fishing games
foredoing
fringings
full-face tunnelling method
gastrointestinal disorders
glidepath tracking
glymidine sodium
goldsher
grissinoes
handmills
hapaxanthous
harrowest
high resolution infrared radiometer
hits the bricks
holopneustic type
Huntsman process
illuminating apparatus
input/output storage
irregularly scheduled
isoantigen
karyochromes
kicks out
kill stolen
kryptonites
lairg
liver sinusoid system
low tension wire
microreactors
movable action
Mussaenda hainanensis
Naphthol AS-GR
net.abuse
nonconsummated
open delta connection
panmixia, panmixis
paucispinis
play the violin
preapplies
PTSC
quick bread
redemptionism
rovner
samarium(iii) fluoride
schollenen
screw micrometer caliper
sink head
squdde
St-Christophe-du-Ligneron
step tread plate
streptobaeillus moniliforrais
supersonic density transmitter
talk sb out of sth
thank-worthy
the daylights out of
thick-heeled
thinocorid
three combination
time locks
tout
tuberculosis cutis indurativa
turnhout
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
unproductively
urgency of urination
weived