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
abscissed
AIA (authorized inspection agency)
all dog clutch transmission
alphabetic writing
Asiatic golden cat
beer run
bestirs
blow and blow process
bluejackers
brake reservoir
brucellas
canhopper
capillary hydrodynamics
carposporous
classical guitar
Clematis hexapetala Pall.
co-adventure
container lessor
cross-referred
csnps (chinshan nuclear power station)
cybister tripunctatus
decocture
descampe
diffusion pump
discharge from hospital
ego-center
enhanced spectrum lines
erasings
exited
five and ten
flanger bearing bush
footballization
fund balance receipts
generic switch
glycosylceramides
Greenwood Act
guest-rooms
Hajuu-Us
hampel
homologenous organ
ibm system
interface distortion
iron-graphite diagram
jessing
Kennedy's syndrome
less-stiffs
leucolysis
levibactivirus
liability on guarantee
main working load
mass element
massage brush
matrix structural analysis
mineral sand
minor auxiliary circle
minority shareholder controller
motor plate
Mottama, Gulf of
mouns
neifs
next of kin / associated parties job code/class
ngarara
Niger seed
nose with small asymmetry
onomatopeias
order chlorococcaless
parica
paternal plant
phereoeca uterella
phlebitis hepatica
phoronids
pinging
plud
plus-defect
potarite
proteromerotype
pteris kidoi kurata
rent
rerattle
saddleback temperature curve
scalar predictor
scutiger schmidti
set-asides
show place
skrae-fish
solid solution semiconductor
special tax cut
surfeitive
sweat off
synovial sarcoma
synthetic life jacket
task system of pay
teratologist
The Chase Bank
the runaround
thomasville
toelken
top story
wetta
yard automatic computer
yodellers
yung ho chih wu