时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(九)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Tensions continue to mount between Washington and Pyongyang as North Korea's foreign minister addressed the UN General Assembly, calling President Donald Trump 1 "a mentally deranged 2 person full of megalomania and complacency." Meanwhile, to show off force, the US sent B1 bombers 3 on a mission in international airspace just off the North Korean Coast.


A humanitarian 4 crisis is growing in Puerto Rico, following Hurricane Irma with towns left without fresh water, fuel, electricity or phone service.


A powerful new earthquake shook Mexico Saturday, causing more damage and fear in a country already reeling from two earthquakes this month that have killed some 400 people. The US Geological Survey said the new 6.1-magnitude quake occurred in the state of Oaxaca.


First Lady Melania Trump and Britain's Prince Harry 5 appeared together in Toronto ahead of Saturday's opening ceremonies of Prince Harry's Invictus Games for wounded warriors 6. The White House said it was Melania Trump's first solo trip outside of the US as first lady and her first time meeting Prince Harry.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 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。
2 deranged
adj.疯狂的
  • Traffic was stopped by a deranged man shouting at the sky.一名狂叫的疯子阻塞了交通。
  • A deranged man shot and killed 14 people.一个精神失常的男子开枪打死了14人。
3 bombers
n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 );投弹手;安非他明胶囊;大麻叶香烟
  • Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
5 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 warriors
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
学英语单词
allide
analog output channel amplifier
anchor-arm
antifeudal
attribute character
Bethanid
bibus
bracing member
candor
chain-smoking
chodova plana
chronic lymphangiitis
circinata pityriasis
circular disc feeder
Clethra cavaleriei
cold-soluble extract
curfuffles
dark adaptation curve
de-regulations
differential thermo-couple
direct operated solenoid valve
Doronicum thibetanum
Earthies
exchanging scattering
fingerprint smudging
floating scraper
forward markets
frequency impulse
fund of labour
gangue quartz
genus lasiuruss
glue dermatitis
Halimond tube
hedge garlics
hematosepsis
howdying
interrupt enable flag
interstate system
language requirement
lateral central nucles
Li Qingzhao
lip sieve
lolli-pop
magnetotelluric field
Mamanutha Grp.
maximum zonal westerlies
modular automatic container handling
Murghun
non-dissipative network
norethandrolone
nouny
ordulfs
orientation-specific
pavarottis
peakiness
pelottae
permanent flame
personal-best
phosphorylatable
platform pivot arm
polymer waterproof materials
powerlessnesses
press pouring furnace
primary arcus
procumbent teeth
quadriplegic
quasi-random numbers
quench modulated radio frequency
red trillium
repairing basin
resource endowment
rises
roving cloth
sackerweigher
security document
self-adjusting automaton
semireclining
single actual word
snowtographs
Sphinctozoa
sporhase
stop holding
stress reversal
strict evaluation
sub catchment
tape reservoir
tazza
temporal value
text boundaries
transcriptional switching
triple correlation coefficient
Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra
ultra-high resistance and resistivity tester
university-school
vacuole (of bacteria)
veal crates
vicioside
witwantoned
yick
yiffed
Zero Coupon Yield Curve
zero-order correlation coefficient