时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A 25-year-old US soldier who was killed in Niger along with three other US troops has been laid to rest in South Florida. Residents lined the streets with some carrying US flags as the casket carrying La David Johnson passed by on the way to the cemetery 1 where friends and families said their final goodbyes.


President Donald Trump 2 said he has no plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never-before-seen government documents related to the assassination 3 of President John F. Kennedy. President Donald Trump made the announcement as the National Archives approaches its deadline for the release.


Egyptian security officials say at least 55 policemen, including 20 officers and more than 30 conscripts, have been killed in a shoot-out during a raid on a militant 4 hideout. It happened about 85 miles from Cairo.


BASE jumpers from around the globe converged 5 on West Virginia Saturday to participate in this year's Bridge Day Festival. The bridge spans the New River Gorge 6. The drop is almost 900 feet. This is the festival's 38th year.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
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 assassination
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
4 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
5 converged
v.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点( converge的过去式 );(趋于)相似或相同;人或车辆汇集;聚集
  • Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
  • People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 gorge
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
学英语单词
5'-bromodeoxyuridine
actinic alopecia
aleurodaphis blumeae
aliobar
as a mark of esteem
awiht
beam switching
bear paw
bessemer converting acid process
blubberies
brominated methans
car-pooling
change gear
change of air
chemical immunity of plant
chlorostilbene
constant-resistance discharge
diesel pile-driving engine
direct acting controller
domical protrusion
Double Bubble
Dregelypalank
drosha
dual wheel loading
duplicate test
dust prevention
Enkatherm fibre
enslave to
euryzonal
exchange type
Exsulf
extraordinary refractive index
fill by gravity
fin de siecle
Food and Agricultural Organization
gasteria cainata (mill.)haw.
genus argyranthemums
georgia barks
glide bombing
grainily
guglia
haemophagocytosis
head-turners
hot-work steel
ICAR
implike
in sb's line
ingiddied
interference limiter
job withdrawal
k-point
kernites
kinky-haired
Kodoro
laminarizing
leaman
lever shears
lexical order
mast gauge
mechanical roughening
MIRPS
mogera insularis insularis
Morinda shuanghuaensis
mosaic photocathode
multicavity mold
Nazranovskiy Rayon
non-hazardous location
Norske folkeeventyr
Nāl R.
oat bran
Ocean Through Bill of Lading
open circuit time constant
orange roughy
paralic coal
pea-pod
pentylenetetrazone
plant spray oil
potential plateau
private telegraph
profligator
promoter-trap
Pyeonghae
request strategy
Schwannomin
short delivery
SIP authentication
skid-senser
slowplay
Southern Yemen
spheroidal parting(spheroidal or ball joint)
sterling price
stubble mulch tillage
supercelestial
target trajectory
tectum medialis
the crease
to one's amazement
Trifluvian
uncooked chips
white legs
womanhandles
ymedeled