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
-ous
AADT volume
Alford loop antenna
anomalous high level
anthropolinguist
antianaphylactin
Apatin
arizpe
Atlas-Johnson tubing joint
atomic fluorescence spectrometry
band-reject filter
basal diameter
Beviplex
birds-feet
braziers' disease
Bupleurum komarovianum Lincz.
Chemocauterization
clue stick
cochromite
comfortability
compensating surface
coordination of swimming motions
coral-stones
Corispermum praecox
coxsackieviral
Crowal
cryogenic cooling
current multiplication tube (transistor)
cystic glioma
demultiplexing circuit
despairing of
detail report in production format
dirp
divorcements
eastasia
etched foil process
factory system
flexible test method for microprocessor
flutter depth
galactose tolerance tests
Galium boreale
Gansu
genus Spraguea
gigsters
graithing
Hartley-Krause operation
have a slate loose
helmspeople
Hughton
hydraulic unit driver
imperceivably
inverse isotone mapping
jamless
Janus green
lap-strap
Laudalstinder
Lindbergh, Anne (Spencer) Morrow
Masuccio, Mte.
maximum contents length
Mellivora capensis
meta-methylnitrobenzene
Mintraching
mobile-satellite
moist timber
multicountry
Nahrendorf
nerizoside
Nürtingen
open loop frequency response
ORGANONPARALLACTICON
overpayment of contribution
pagosa
percevel
phegma
point of sight
postmicrosomal supernatant
potassium iododichloride
preparation room
puncturatio
qui s'excuse s'accuse
ractopamine
reduction process
semotactically
sesamoidal
shadowed
shipbuilding industry
shophouse
single-jet flapper valve
snig
stumpiness
Syrian monetary unit
Taebla
the domino effect
the pamirss
transit state
Tri-Core
urself
value-seeking
Varetz
virtual-image file
worst-rated
yffen