时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月


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This is What’s Trending today …


The great internet debate over “Laurel” versus 1 “Yanny” continues.


Now United States government officials are commenting on the audio recording 2 that is dividing people on social media.


Late Thursday, a White House-produced video appeared on the social media service Twitter. In it, President Donald Trump 4 and members of his administration are asked whether they heard the name Laurel or Yanny.


“So clearly Laurel” said Ivanka Trump, both an advisor 5 to the president and his daughter. But Mercedes Schlapp, a communication director, disagreed. “Yanny’s the winner; Laurel’s the loser,” she said.


White House advisor Kellyanne Conway first used the term “alternative facts” to explain differing opinions about crowd size at Trump’s swearing in ceremony. When asked about what she heard in the audio, Conway said, “It’s Laurel. But I could deflect 6 and divert to Yanny if you need me to.”


When asked about the social media debate, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckerbee Sanders joked about the news media. Sanders said reports of her saying “Laurel” were “fake news”. “All I hear is ‘Yanny,’” she added.


U.S. Vice 3 President Mike Pence did not seem to be following the debate. “Who’s Yanny?” he asked.


But President Trump had the last word. The video ends with him saying, “I hear covfefe.”


Last May, Trump sent out a tweet about “constant negative press covfefe.” His statement was retweeted and liked hundreds of thousands of times before it was removed without explanation.


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Words in This Story


versus - prep. used to indicate two people, teams, groups, etc. that are fighting or competing against each other


alternative - adj. offering or expressing a choice


deflect - v. to cause something to change direction


divert - v. to change direction


fake - adj. not tru or real


constant - adj. happening all the time


negative - adj. expressing dislike or disapproval



prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
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。
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
v.(使)偏斜,(使)偏离,(使)转向
  • Never let a little problem deflect you.决不要因一点小问题就半途而废。
  • They decided to deflect from the original plan.他们决定改变原计划。
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accorder
Adlumia
alabama hot pocket
ao dai, aodai
astrologick
bereaved of
binder's brass
blotchies
bodyshame
brasseurs
Catholic Emancipation
chiffon lace
Chinese forget-me-not
colorimetric oxygen detector
colorimetric standard stock solution
composite underframe
compression work
containing mark
continuous reading indicator
counter-modulation
crabbers
cryptographic key test pattern
cup spring
deciduous plant
definite stop
device cluster size
Dongdo
driver program
electromagnetic distance measurement
entrusted organization
eta particle
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
exchange rate recovered
feedreader
flat leakage
foromacidin
foundation load diagram
galabiahs
gamma cell
gap character
gas eddy
genzymes
governates
guanxi
guinever
hinley
huk-to (komun-som)
internal band block
Kaydak, Sor
Kinect for Windows
Kiushu
Lion Rock Tunnel Road
liquid-air trap
magnesium dihydrogen phosphate
mechanical dust separator
Methabenzthia-zuron
method of elastic center
minimum drag
muss-rol
natatorious
nykesha
oblique bandage
oddo-harlins rule
overprovoking
Parkers Prairie
Pelsall
peripheral control line
Pharmakokinetics
photographic sheet film
plastic acetate
polorized beam
position drift of geostationary satellite
priming yarn tail
privativeness
quarterfoil crossing
rectovaginal septum
relative screw motion
relief pipe
rental and lending rights
ruk
saffronizing
Saphadex
several hundred kilometers
shape distortion
sidegust
small-for-gestational-age infant
span of attention
split-phase locomotive
spontaneous oscillation
start-finish line
statisitical wall load analysis
stochastic excitation NMR
structure for indoor installation
suppressions
TEDtalks
telotactic
timber borer
toleranced dimension
Topcliffe
u. s. department of homeland security
veprecula sculpta
Zakarpatye