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
Achermer
acrylic abutment
Adriatic Sea
alignment check
alush
ammophila
anthemisol
anti-serve tap
auto recorder
backward letter
birefringence pattern
boycock
business continuity plan
butanediylidyne
carvol
character spacing reference-line
Chloride-marialite
commercial guild
confessary
counting forward
countinuous mill
covergirl
cret-
crookneck squashes
cut-off bar
Darwinize
deflection value
demand-sides
drilling module
effect of deposits within the boiler
eliyas
Ethernet adapter
explosive purite
eye (organ of vision)
fabulises
farm capital construction
first order triangulation
first out
FLEX Options
frontal protuberance
homotopic transplantation
hypergeometric functions
indiv
interact system model
iriscope
karisoke
Kurobe-gawa
lesser flamingo
Maesawa
maritims
meditruncus
methylated alcohol
microscopic technique
miliary pyuria
modern woman
molecular vibrational energy
molie
myricyl cerotate
Nephrox
netservers
nonbuilders
nonpractising
nonreceptivity
offretory
oil gathering
Ol'khovatka
pack bath
Perquimans County
persistent truncus arteriosus
phyls
plook
powder spreader
pseudoparticles
Quill Lakes
radio-frequency polarography
rankest
rare metals industry
Ruidera
SAP97
secure data exchange
shake amplitude
socioracial
sonic guide
spot glare
ssar
stacking pallet
static pneumatic conveyor
sugar-bushes
supremist
taken a risk
team collaboration
technical element
teucholabis aberrans
time study engineer
tragion-nasal root
turtle meat
unreasonable search and seizure
user-survey analysis
wahy
websites'
witch hazel
wolder