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
abusings
acetifying
administered dosage form
alaias
allocation base
alulae
amphopropionates
Arsenajān
baruti
Bowling Green B.
circular polar diagram paper
clear point method
clicka
Close tag
CNO cycles
colonel general
colossica
corporolate
coryne trichophora
curvature myopia
cushings
dagwell
demand data
Diploprora championii
egosaponigen
ending inventory stock status
essentially strictly convex
estimated liability
euapogamy
eupatoria (yevpatoriya)
eye-strains
fenbuconazole
firelike
fuming sulfuricacid
gambrel roofs
Gentiana esquirolii
genus Phragmites
goodiness
h.c.l.
half sandwich complex
hematomyelitis
Houa Thong
hybristophilia
identified DTE service
Impatiens rubrostriata
incorporeal
inertia immunity sync circuit
inetd
infirmative consideration
inspection result of main item
intersessamoidean ligament
Kangwanda
keeps quiet
kingstone
Kirillovskaya
laser Doppler anemometry
magnetic nozzle
malofeeva
mendelian population (dobzhansky 1935)
myohoji
nalla
nephridioblast
oelma
partial model
picado
picking at
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
plate tectonic theory
post-prandial
practice run
precompletion
priority claims
reichsrundfunk
Rio Grande do Norte
saftner
semimobile
settlement of foundation
shape bias
shot-put
silo-launched ballistic missile
silver chain
single fire
snowperson
spindle socket
spray characteristic
state estate tax
structurally complete positive sample set
studenties
sundar
surplus and deficit account
Taeniarhynchus
thermoregulation valve
tomahawks
tuberculous prostatitis
underripe fruit
universal-input power supply
unremonstrant
vaginal infection
watertight housing
wax insects
xenoglossy
Zohor