时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(二)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Stock market in Asia took a beating on Tuesday following the massive drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The slump 1 began Friday as investors 2 worried about higher inflation.


Vice 3 President Mike Pence isn't ruling out of meeting with North Korean officials while at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Pence visited a missile defense 4 site in Alaska while on his way to South Korea.


Sheriff's deputy were shot and killed in Colorado Springs on Monday while investigating a stolen vehicle. Two more deputies, a police officer and a civilian 5 were wounded. The suspect was killed.


The House Intelligence Committee voted to release a democratic memo 6 on the Russia investigation 7. It's a response to a republican version, which claims the FBI and Justice Department abused their power while seeking to monitor all one-time Trump 8's associates. President Trump makes the final decision on whether to release it.


Mike Brown is at the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 slump
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
2 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
3 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
4 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
5 civilian
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
6 memo
n.照会,备忘录;便笺;通知书;规章
  • Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗?
  • Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗?
7 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
8 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。
学英语单词
activated sludge tank
air-dry soil
all-time
allomyces javanicus
alveolar foramena
angle ratio of steering linkage
apelings
attendant fishing-boat
avian leukosis complex
bazheng mixture
be legal
blue dichroic mirror
bubble viscosimeter
callops
Carrowneden
casti
cauterization of cervix
charles robert darwins
charter party
chisel plow
civic university
colo(u)r and colo(u)r-difference meter
compartmentalised
curry chicken soup
detailed scope of supply
die-head
dock water allowance
dog box
dredge pontoon
dry annealing
eared seal
embryonic cyst
endotoxie shock
experience at
face of crystal
fixed slat
go at a good clip
Goldfussia equitans
gripping roll
high-speed channel
indian clubs
industrial climate
infielded
isofluxes
kci
kiddywinkle
kleinmuntz
lengthiness
leukourobilin
Luzula plumosa
MAS (multiple access system)
material products
military vehicles
Napoleon, Louis
Niven ring
not be in
notarium
NT3
oakleather
on-market rules
Onchocerca cervicalis
Ongee
open invoice
optogalvanic spectroscopy
outdoor environment
parde
photodissociation
proof test for ship cargo handling gear
propellant structure
protest of bills
put one's feet under someone's mahogany
radiocurable
reciprocity calibration
rhopalura
roxle
Saint-Gilles
selectboard
short spar
short-term variation
sild
silicone resin adhesive
spaghetti western
ST_moving-quickly-and-slowly_immobility
stridences
submembrane
survival theory
switching power
system error
take a journey
terminal sensillum
thallo-
theoretical train running graph
thermal efficiency of cycle
three compartment subdivision
two-needle narrowing
uhfr (ultra-high-frequency receiver)
umangite
universal data base access service (udas)
valence band structure
water emulsion sludges
Watzenborn-Steinberg
XDIS.