美联社新闻一分钟 AP 科罗拉多南部发生大火
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2018(六)月
This is AP News Minute.
President Trump 1 says he'll start looking for a replacement 2 for retiring Supreme 3 Court Justice Anthony Kennedy immediately. Senate republicans are aiming for a quick vote, but many democrats 4 want to wait until after the mid-term elections.
US Defense 5 Secretary Jim Mattis assured South Korea that the US will keep its current number of troops in that country. The US canceled joint 6 military exercises with South Korea amid North Korean nuclear talks.
A US military team in northern Thailand is helping 7 search for 12 boys and their soccer coach. The group went missing in a cave during floods 5 days ago.
Hundreds of people have been told to evacuate 8 from a wild fire in southern Colorado. The fire has burned close to two square miles by Wednesday night.
Shirley Smith, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。