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
auction-goer
bantam
be blazen with rage
Beit Ali
brain disorder
brandisht
broncho-egophony
bush layer
claw plate connector
closed-cycle gas-cooled reactor
comparative standard
contaxes
crooked arm
Dalny
delay matching
departure from these rules
di-iso-amyl butylphosphonate
dinoterb
double sheave metal block
dpmi
drop-dial
dying
east marks
efficiency of water application
egilops
enmesh
execution of activity
fluidization cooler
fried potato cake
GAL-1-P
genus tricholomas
graphite acid
gumbo
head assembly
hell and gone
hygroscope agent
ideal scale
induction-heated screen
initial water deficiency
investigate into
jauntingly
liquefied O-2tank trailer
macronucleus
magneticpole
mechanical blowing
melanagromyza malayensis
mespiperone
millimeter wave switches
morris dancings
multi-people
Neilore
night-stand
non stock corporation
norvir
Old China Hands
opera seria
orris fingers
paltery
parlatoria lithocarpi
paywalls
plesiochronous
Populus lancifolia
postselection
pregnant stage
put out of the way
rachitic rosary
radium mineral
reading improvement
reen
report of witness
resistance grounded neutral sys-tem
Rye Harbour
Sansom, William
sauriosis
schools television
Sethotope
Severomorsk
shatterproof
site traffic
smattery
software requirements engineering program
solvent flattening
sportswork
sprayed insulation
sutura intermaxillaris
table vice for wood working
take pain
tangent track
test phase
timber science
track level
transcortical sensory aphasia
trip-wires
unconventionalness
water resistance meter
water-absorbings
weberbauer
West Midlands County
wet flash-over potential
windthrows
yes siree