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
as brittle as glass
ash-sluicing water
Astragalus cream
autumnal catarrh
beatmatching
bell book
biot savart law
bolok
bulgarias
chawer
chemical gradening
chin breadth
classifier gate
combinatio frequency
composite goods
compound arbitration of exchange
condensation conpound
corrosion ring
cosigning
Deeringia
degradation of soil
demarginating
destruction permit
disputest
dudesters
ebonite rubber
egress handle
ekman frictional layer
electronic distributor tester
elongates
estate and interest
fibre molecule
fluorescent O-lamp
Fosetyl-Al
front-end control facility
gear train
geeksontime
generalisimo
Glatzel mirror
hisingerite
in-plane switching
inclined strata
injection heating
Ipomoea turpethum
l?ffler's syndrome
liabilities and responsibilities
medical risk
Mogofores
Mordell-Weil group
multi-electrode
multiple splitting
multiplexing time slice
nightswimming
non authentic
overstep the mark
perthophytic
picketee
placing reaction
portfolio selection
preexcitation wave
pressure crack
proctodaeal food
professional-amateur
propulsion vehicle
radio equipped
reciprocal diagram
refried bean
renormalization technique
saibous
said-bookism
salt balance
sexual anatomy
short pitched
shunt loss
silicon tetraiodide
single acting positioner
solid-metal flat gasket
sonicblue
sound holes
specific bodies of water
spiral deflection angle
spot collector
stallholders
standard drum
stroke diameter ratio
structural bay
subdistrict
sulfonic acid
swivel lever
T.p.t.g.
taphonomist
top step
Townsville
trip feeding
tumbling mats
uneven stage
unrespectful
unstable aircraft
Uzone
vacations
ventriculoperitoneal
wolios