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
acoustooptic filters
additive for sulfur capture
additive functions
Alvena
ambient air quality standard
ammonia-oxygen fuel cell
androstadiene
anna-marie
Basil of Caesarea
bethincourt
biznatch
camera rehearsal
cane-fiber board
carrier sense multiple access
cartmill
chonju (jeonju)
cleruchies
cost plus
cowboy shot
cupola drag
deas
Dexafed
diamino dihydroxy arsenobenzene
diving ball
domestications
double tube mercury manometer
dual tariffs
electrotaxis
ethnohistoric
film viscosity
finger for fork release
floating balancing ship lift
flow ratio controller
fudging
get foul
Glienicke
guardians in soccage
guiding collar
Hanjīrak
hazly
Herissantia
idionodal rhythm
inner
IPE (individual plant evaluation)
Ku Kluxism
loudness measurement
ludwigia ovalis miq.
marine data management
mazarins
metyridine
Milan, Edict of
mine explosive
minimum altitude bomb
mode-locking lasers
momental ellipse
monochrome signal gemerator
museology
near-field phenomenon
nonfraternities
nonmutation
osmunda japonica
osteomyelites
overpeise
pantheonize
pavimentum ventriculi
polymorphousness
propagandized
psychological conflict
pugri
pupil teacher
quartz wedge compensator
rare materials
real beer/ale
respondentia bond
right hepatic veins
ring type cold-strip mill
rutskoy
saber-toothed tigers
Sabiaceae
Saf-T-Coil
Salix humilis
salmonella food poisoning
screening seal coat
sequencing unit
severity of injuries
sheathes
shift lock key
shotcrete shell
siked
St Meinrad
strychnized
tailorability
takeover panel
theorem of complementary slackness
tier soil
tilonia
tinfoil capsule
traverse-feed
well-manicured
were open to question
word meanings
zone dividing meridian