时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(八)月


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 This is AP News Minute. 1. Three Americans are being hailed as heroes after helping 1 foil a possible terrorist attack on a high-speed train bound for Paris. US Airman Spencer Stone recalled subduing 2 the assailant who was armed with various guns and a box cutter. Stone told the reporter he was able to choke the man unconscious as his friends took down the gunman. 2. Former President Jimmy Carter made his first appearance at a church service in Georgia following his first round of radiation therapy for brain cancer. Carter told a crowd of church how his condition was progressing and he said he will be pulling back from his various roles. The former president announced that cancer in his liver has spread to his brain at a press conference last week. 3. Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Beit Jala, a Christian 3 village next to Bethlehem after Sunday mass. Palestinians are protesting against the construction of the separation barrier and the uprooting 4 of trees by Israeli bulldozer. 4. And the National Zoo’s panda popsy keeps growing as Mei Xiang * her second late Saturday evening. The giant panda gave birth to twins after a successful artificial insemination at the DC zoo. Veterinarians are helping the new mom out with her twins by putting off babies with hand rearing. 



1 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
2 subduing
征服( subdue的现在分词 ); 克制; 制服; 色变暗
  • They are the probation subduing the heart to human joys. 它们不过是抑制情欲的一种考验。
  • Some believe that: is spiritual, mysterious and a very subduing colour. 有的认为:是精神,神秘色彩十分慑。
3 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
4 uprooting
n.倒根,挖除伐根v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园
  • He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
  • A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄,拔起了树木,吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
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