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
A-Van
active cutting edge length
Aneilema
autojoin
auxiliary repair drydock
beacon vessel
boiling process
braille edition
brinnel
bubbliest
bullet perforating
bureaus of engraving and printing
calyx canthus
co-tutor
computer languages
concrete lining segment
condolency
Consolidated Health Informatics
cornfloors
cross drive
crystal mounting
cumulative grid rectifier
delivery expense
deutoplasmic granule
drawing box
feder
flexural rigidity of bar
frigid zones
full width at half maximum (fwhm)
glass-ceiling
hand laced on thigh
handicrafters
hole-type nozzle
hollow glassware
holzemer
induced pulse transient method
input/output identification method
interactive graphics terminal
interrupt priorities
journal box lid spring
jumps on
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Kramer-Tisdall's method
lagends
large scale production
lead dithiofuroate
liability to punishment
locking devices
misper
moroyamycin
musculus flexor perforatus
necrosis forceps
neutron inelastic scattering reactions
newborn umbilical disease
nonsafety relay
omnirange
One's eyes pick straws.
ophthalmoscopes
pacemaker (of heart)
paediatric pathology
paverin
People's Welfare Pharmacies
pockwood
Port Charles
primary administrative division boundaries
pseudomorphous
puggery
put into circulation
random linking
re-purchasing
real saving
reflective photoelectric switch
relief hole
runner attached boot
sacrosant
sanidic
Saperda
scut monkey
seascapes
sercher
shadow cretonnes
sisterly love
skatin'
skyfs
solenoidal lens
Sukarno, Pegunungan
supervisory function
the upshot
therve-cake
topping lift leadline
transhipment station
twelve punch
Umm al Madāfi'
unfaithful wife
unique wear-resistant white cast iron
unit doublet
unwarp
wertrationality
Willis' paracusis
with one's bare hands
Wowoni, Pulau
zygomatic bones