时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Hurricane Lane dropped almost two feet of rain on Hawaii's Big Island in just about a day. The big, slow-moving category 3 hurricane is expected to move close to or directly over parts of Hawaii's main islands.


Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared in a statement that the Justice Department will not be influenced by politics. This came after President Trump 1 criticized Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation 2.


Agents say they have found a highly sophisticated drug smuggling 3 tunnel that runs under the US-Mexico border. It surfaces beneath an abandoned Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Arizona.


And Republican Congressman 4 Duncan Hunter of California and his wife pleaded not guilty in federal court. They are accused of illegally using his campaign account for personal expenses.



1 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。
2 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。
3 smuggling
n.走私
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
4 Congressman
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。
学英语单词
acanthoceratids
Achaemenids
Acidithiobacillales
Acrorumohra
additional necessary condition
AHSA
ammonium stannic chloride
androstenediols
area of efflux
below the moon
bernie
bituminous coal fines
bracketless
brasileic acid
brovincamine
Bryn'kovskaya
cadion
calculating mode
card programmed calculation
charles edouard jeannerets
closing unit
co-assessor
collision-avoidance system
correction meniscus
cylindrical duct
degree of dependence on exports
demolase
diadynamic electrotherapy
diameter of wire line
dichlorodiethyl ether
digital solar aspect sensor
diptacus kusanous
do the outside edge
dock equipment
egotised
enchante
end of totality
ex ante forecast
exponent register underflow fault
extensive employment
foxberry
fractured trap
fully automatic switching
GSSI
Haute Volta
height of profile peak
iffish
inter-turn short circuit test for rotor winding
isopatin
Izvoarele
joint runner
know about
landsgrave
light times
make a hash
martensia formosana
mean cloudiness
memorandum value
micro-life
mismatcher
monothematically
multiple avitaminosis
mystica
NC transfer boy
nodal degree of freedom
nonlinear dynamic model
nonrelativistic mechanics
oithona nana
outpensions
overweighed
PCI DSS
permanent lining
pot protection
pouring gate feeding compound
power-efficient
process program
proctospasm
put out to tender
QC (quality control)
QEF,Q.E.F.
quality base method
rank past
rebound leaf
ring web
shipping shift
sir william blackstone
speed adjustment by cascade control
Stilezia
sunspot penumbra
taking turns
tax acceptability
thermal imaging response
thermoconductance
thiacyclobutene
thrust bearing shoe valve
to-skill
tunnel windings
tyre for motorcycle
vults
whitetail
Yllästunturi
zone fusion