时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


The NRA says it's open to regulating "bump stocks" -- the device that allowed Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock to rain so much deadly firepower on his victims Sunday night. And the White House is saying President Donald Trump 1 welcomes a review of US policy on the devices.


Clark County Sheriff says Paddock spent decades acquiring weapons and living a secret life, much of which, he says, will never be fully 2 understood. He also said Paddock had 1600 rounds of ammunition 3 in his car and explosives. The motive 4 behind the massacre 5 remains 6 unclear.


A study just out from AAA says the explosion of information and entertainment technology in vehicles is contributing to more and more distracted driving on US roads. The study also says that technology is becoming more complicated, with as many as 50 buttons total on the steering 7 wheel and dashboard that are multifunctional.


A slobbering St. Bernard from South Dakota named "Mochi" now holds a Guiness World Record. For what? The longest tongue for a dog ever recorded. Just over 7.3 inches.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



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 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 ammunition
n.军火,弹药
  • A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
4 motive
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
5 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
6 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
7 steering
n.操舵装置
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
学英语单词
Acheulean, Acheulian
aggresomes
alcoholism
almost-linear
anghirol
artificial denture
artistic works
asaron
Austr-
bandpass filters
bending cylinder efficient stroke
bit time counter
bituminous material
bung up and bilge free
butadiene styrenerubber
chondrodendrine
circumventing
commercial variety
complete bus-bar current differential protection
curiously enough
cyclobis
debouchments
Devadatta
direct draft
disk wheel bicycle
diverging lens
East Killingly
enjoyee
ethylidene cyanhydrin
eye-for-an-eye
fast cotton blue
fiber cement
forthcasting
fostler
fryolator
get it in for someone
Glengyle
glutinous foxtail millet
Gomphostemma sulcatum
gonadotropin releasing hormone
Grums
Gymnotiformes
Hydroxy-mercurinitrophenol
janne
Kesteren
khalsah
lazary
le ma?tre
Lithocarpus fordianus
measurement and test
metacognitive
midfrequency
misguess
Mnichovice
MOIC
navicularthritis
network of stringers
non-asymptotic parametric statistics
non-combustion
observerless
oilquenching
Ollier's disease
optical dielectric constant
optimum configuration
oscinella similifrons
paper slew
par-value method
pilea microphyllas
pneumatic starting valve
polarstern
portable screen
Processus muscularis
protective lining
range of working temperature
rumenotomy
Saint Canute
Schnitzler syndrome
seifart
situation therapy
soil nitrogenous pollutant
stand age class organization
steering tie rod
stiked
subprimary setae
tea spoonful
three moment theorem
three-lane
Thrips tobaci
tmao
travelling plastic hinge
tropoelastins
tugboatman
unbenighted
unstorable
ustilic acid
van dyke print
vapor decomposition
wash-fastness
wdha
X-ray interference
xeroderma pigmentosum
YACC