时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(六)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A 28-year-old candidate who has never held public office stunned 1 the democratic party by beating one of its house leaders. Alexandia Ocasio Cortez defeated Congressman 2 Joe Crowley of New York, once thought of as a possible future House speaker.


South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster won his primary runoff after getting an endorsement 3 from President Trump 4. And former presidential candidate Mitt 5 Romney won the republican primary for Utah's Senate seat.


A federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to reunite separated families within thirty days. The ruling follows a lawsuit 6 from the American Civil Liberties Union.


And a Japanese space probe has arrived at an asteroid 7 about 170 million miles from Earth. The plan is for the probe to blast a hole in the asteroid, collect samples and bring them back to Earth.


Matt Small, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 stunned
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
2 endorsement
n.背书;赞成,认可,担保;签(注),批注
  • We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
  • His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。
3 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。
4 mitt
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
  • I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日,我送给他一只棒球手套。
  • Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
5 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
6 asteroid
n.小行星;海盘车(动物)
  • Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
  • It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小,但这样的危险还是存在的。
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