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
absolute methanol
acronichal
Akebia trifoliata
alpha-angle
Amoeiro
anti-aliased
areometric
asemanticity
bashaarat
be in a mood for something
begin to fidget
bitter oath
bound exciton state
C. & E.
cargo contamination
charge shift
check pilot
citation index and indexing
colorers
colour retardation
comeupance
compulsory (trade) unionism
curve of output
dadfar
de-attribution
dehydrocanned
dismutation reaction
doronicums
double pole cut out
dye-variant fibre
e-values
earth resouces survey
expiratory neuron
finned rocket
FTNVD
gheada
go for the doctor
grantski
guybrows
height of layer
herst
hinzmann
holotypic kidney
infandous
infix syntax
injection hole
intellectual asset
jumble together
khipu
kleve (cleve)
Kriz(Karīz)
laser mouse
life saving jacket
linney
lloyd's form-general average deposit receipt
lumped discontinuity
Machaneng
magnetic amplifier characteristic
maisonnettes
Mansel
motor scooter
nanpingite
Normet
Ohara's fever
oropharyngonasal
Oscar Palmer Robertson
paraheloike
parameters of operation process
pipeworts
plumbisms
polypropylenes
prosporangium
pull tab
put ... to the vote
red neck syndrome
relativistic hydrodynamics
resilient drive
rotary sliding-vane refrigerating compressor
seditions
self analysis
signal operation
single facer
sonic attractant
spin foam
squizz
staggerin'
steel letters
stomatopapilloma
swissres
Sǒngjinman
three-card memory
thyrohyoid ligaments
tire chain
transvision
traverse guider
tread chord width
up the aisle
validity of civil law
visibility of satellite
water wall craft
woebegoneness
writees