时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月


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 1. Arctic air could drive temperatures down to record lows in parts of the Midwest when it arrives tomorrow. Schools will close cross Minnesota Monday, the first state-wide closing in 17 years. 


 
2. Union workers at Boeing will give up benefits to keep production of company’s new 777-X jetliner in the state of Washington. Workers narrowly approved the deal and a vote that’s drawing praise from the state Governor. 
 
3. US Secretary of State John Kerry is citing progress but also acknowledging tough obstacles as he engages in shuttle diplomacy 1 in the Middle East. Kerry has been meeting separately with Palestinian President Mohammed Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is trying to nudge both whom toward a peace deal. 
 
4. Former First Lady Barbara Bush has been discharged from Texas Hospital. She spent nearly a week being treated for pneumonia 2. She and former President George Herbert Walker Bush will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary on Monday. 

1 diplomacy
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
2 pneumonia
n.肺炎
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。
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