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.


President Trump 1 claims he let White House counsel Don Mcgahn testify to Robert Mueller's investigators 2 and has nothing to hide. The New York Times reported that Mcgahn has cooperated extensively with the Russia investigation 3.


Shots were fired at a security booth outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Monday. US officials say nobody was hurt. Reports say the shots were fired from a moving white car.


A number of strong earthquakes struck Indonesia on Sunday, killing 4 at least a dozen people. The quakes hit the same region where a powerful earthquake killed hundreds earlier this month.


And about two million Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the hajj gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat. Muslims believed the ritual gives them their best chance to cleanse 5 sins and get a new start.



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 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 cleanse
vt.使清洁,使纯洁,清洗
  • Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities. 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
  • Fresh fruit juices can also cleanse your body and reduce dark circles.新鲜果汁同样可以清洁你的身体,并对黑眼圈同样有抑制作用。
学英语单词
ac measurements
airscrew blade
Al Muthanná, Liwā'
all numbers calling
anima mundi
apostatism
arachnura spinosa
arteriogram
assistant editor
auto-collimating
bang us
be caught in the middle
be content to
brake shoe side cover
brossman
brown mottled rot
bulbus organs
buying in retail business
canella barks
charge-particle beam
chekeen
Chudinovo
completely knocked down
constant-volume burning
corlure
Curramulka
cylinder pelleter
dermosupraoccipital
dirt optics
disc,disk
eave purlin
electric crucible furnace
ethnographies
fillet welding in the flat position
fire bird
floating structure
forgivers
genus Brachychiton
genus sisons
Haplosporidiosis
have over
heavenly stem-prescription of point selection
hog tie
hydrofranklinite
Ikongo
implementiferous
initial control program load
Isolizina
joins in
joinvile (joinville)
Kizhi Island
Lago Dilolo
lead lag network
lens convergent
lippitudes
measuring instrumentation
millions floating-point per second
mixed highs system
multiple dosing tank
naphtalan
natural aging
Neodynator
no status changed
nonappearance certificate
nonumbilical
null type yaw probe
oil cooled transformator
oral spear
PhoCusWright
pichardo
picholine
piperno
placopsis cribellans tuberculifera
pogonophoran
precipitophore
professionals of social education institutes
protein-bound
protose
pteropurpura stimpsoni
quantongs
reciprocating-type milling fixture
reduced degree
riviello
roccellas
rosmarin
Rugby knee
running form
saddhus
sampling cone
San Elpidio a Mare
scattering operator
self-enhancement
self-taught experts
settlement based on system marginal price
smart-alecks
starter magnetic switch
superinfund
thermojunction ammeter
tremyl
ultracapacitors
Ventotene, I.
vivider