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


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This is AP News Minute.


A judge has told a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls, "I just signed your death warrant." The remarks from judge Rosemarie Aquilina came as she sentenced Larry Nasser to 40 to 175 years in prison after a remarkable 1 seven-day hearing that brought more than 150 victims or their families to court.


Many of President Donald Trump 2's aids have already been questioned in the Special Counsel's Russia probe. Now Trump and his lawyers are preparing for a possible interview with the President himself. It would likely focus on obstruction 3 of justice, which Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others have already been questioning.


For the first time, researchers have cloned two healthy monkeys, bring science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans. The Chinese scientists who pulled off the feat 4 say they don't want to clone people, but rather use cloned monkeys for medical research.


Illinois state trooper say money from video gambling 5 machines were scattered 6 across a stretch of interstate highway following a car crash. No one was seriously hurt in the crash, but it caused a huge traffic backup as crews needed about an hour to pick up the money.


Julian Stiles, the Associated Press News Minute.



1 remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
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 obstruction
n.阻塞,堵塞;障碍物
  • She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
  • The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
4 feat
n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的
  • Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
  • He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。
5 gambling
n.赌博;投机
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
6 scattered
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
学英语单词
Africoon
air-pulse
allopropylbarbital
andrastin A
anlaute
anti-pollution zone
assisted migration
attenuation length
Aurino, Torrente
average diameter
bagasse polarization
bar cut-off machine
be worse than one's word
binary punch
Binpinar
Boletinus
Cerenkov laser
coherent sheaf of rings
continuous stocktaking
corner-to-corner
Cuilcagh
dabble speculation
diffraction field
dumb friend
eccentric bottom tapping
eccrinology
ecological aspects
expiloration of coal mines
female mold
Fraxinus mariesii
free-falling velocity
full-face type
g-love
genus Tricholoma
geodepression
gland-like
Guarnieri
hatrail
helacleum lanatum michx.
higher-yield
hydraulic gear pump
international monotary crisis
IOCA
isopathies
keymat
leading-in conductor
least
line characteristic impedance
lizardry
macroinstruction linkage
mass against
Meibomian sty
Ngaoundere
nitic
nonsadist
nonsingular irreducible projective varieties
nosegrind
not worth a tinker's cuss
open-to-buy
organization of knowledge
perpetual inventory card
petty larceny
pharmacopathogenic
phoneword
photo nadir point
picture repeater
pipe tensioner
plasmapheresis
plasmodiblast
plugboard controlled capstan lathe
principle of electroneutrality
pseudostyle
pulsating burner
raccourcy
raw pig iron
reduced cost
rione
riskiest
roof purline
spongy material
St.Helier
studiously
subpolar region
summer-job
suspensory ligament of anus
tailends
tapped-out
Teren'gul'skiy Rayon
Texas tortoise
topping machanism
Tostedt
township head
trabeculaecarneaecordis
trip chain
txakoli
unans
unbudgingly
underlet
United S-band system
universal time-sharing system
unquotably
wild beer