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
'Eid ul-Adha
american-traineds
amidocaproic acid
assay-dish
backstairs
banki
blear
brattery
Bursa suprapatellaris
caps and lower case
carcenet
Cassia agnes
catseye
characteristic poly-nomial
chaumontel
class organization
colobomas
cytogenous gland
data tracks
deciduous dentition
dimensional method
distribution of fertilizer by aircraft
double auction market
druze
dry-sump lubrication
Elatine ambigua
electrolytic growth
ethnic dance
exiters
floor covering
floor head
fully-automatic switching system
game-ball
gamfexine
genus charronias
graphite brick work
hanging dryer for fur
holographic tranducer
hop,skip,and jump
house style
inactive zone
Jaggarnat
Joutseno
jugomaxillary points
Kharāju
labilise
lambiness
lance type burner
low-pressure cylinder
magnetic-flux meter
Mohometanism
mucino-
natural wonder
naydra
North Tyneside
OGRS
oleandrin
Ouija boards
outer-arc ridge
outlawries
over great distances
oxychalcophile elements
oxygenated
passive filter
permaphase
photo electromagnetic cell
phyllocaerulein
Phytodiniaceae
pre-Socratics
program model
pure oscillation
push-through die
quasi-international law
rami collateralis
Rana swinhoana
reflown
reignition voltage of arc
relational tree
relative blade temperature
resistor termination
retention money
rhabdospheres
rotational brownian motion
smiter
smith-god
space launcher
stepped attenuator
subdiffusive
Sânpaul
teindable
tetramethylpyrazine
time vernier
tradescants
tropidopheid
Turkoman carpet
two-pass horizontal regenerator
units in operation
Venezuela mahogany
video telephone set
Western Abnaki
whiskey tango foxtrot
width of point