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
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aleuroclava gordoniae
American Express Company
Amushan Formation
anterior membrananeous ampulla
arming distance
auroral oval region
awning window
bargaining cooperative models
batmitzvah
billboardlike
book equity
buoyage and beaconage
callery
CAU(Cause)
cenchri
charta exploratoria rubra
coal-owner
coding source statement
cofound
cold loess
command byte
commercial titanium
countryperson
cyclic execution
deep recessed part
departure from officially recognized accounting principles
diplostomiasis
e-therapy
effective homogeneity
electrosparking machine
environmental preference
ester test
expenditure not deductible
friction clamping plate
h(a)emochrome
hierarchic system of physical regionalization
hotel lobby
Huxley's
ipsation
jet leg
jumby bead
Kalanchoe gracilis
kosciuszkoes
labraria
ladies' tresses
large enterprises
Large White (pig)
Leipzig, Battle of
lever guide
living rock
lyring
major control change
mbchb
mean longevity
mechanisms
meltemi
Metadoxin
micturition syncope
mistake A for B
monoploids
nitrogem-lag
NMBS
Notodelphyidiformes
nucleose
Old Welsh
ordinary draught
organic electroluminescent display
pan coating
pantanencephalus
papillary epidermic cells
persewer
pinioning
pizza parlours
poor focus
preasing
rachiometer
raym
relevent
ring-shaped gear pump for lubricant
roman porno
saururaceaes
scanning machine
scottocalanus sedatus
Spirillum tyrogenum
stacking fault hardening
straboscopic disk
subidiomorphic
swingingness
syndrome of tumor of corpus callosum
tartufite
thermomolecular vacuum ga(u)ge
tons per inch immersion
top entering agitator
transverse strike-slip fault
tuberailway
vibration programmer
warm water fog
well-guiding
wheatears
with God
workable surface mine reserves