时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Trump 1 used a rally in Mississippi to mock Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Supreme 2 Court nominee 3 Brett Kavanaugh. Ford's attorney, on Twitter, called President Trump's words a vicious, vile 4 and soulless attack.


A new report claims President Trump received more than 400 million dollars from his father, much of it through dubious 5 tax scheme or fraud. The White House and President's lawyer both rejected the report in the New York Times.


A volcano erupted in Indonesia, on the same island that an earthquake hit on Friday. Planes were warned about volcanic 6 ash but no evacuations were immediately ordered.


18 people including a congressional candidate were arrested while protesting outside a McDonald's restaurant in Detroit. The demonstrators were calling for a higher minimum wage and the right to form labor 7 unions.



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 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
3 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
4 vile
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
5 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
6 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
7 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
学英语单词
acropoma japonicum
Aghaboe
anaphoricity
Anoeta
apocrotonosine
arylsulfotransferase
asynchronies
banin bangou
blepharopotosis
blowout current
calamagrostis arundinacea roth.
calcareous cartilage
capabilities
carbonate apatite
Chailley
cleardowns
clematis tashiroi huangii
coil polarity
conductive
continuous operating period
corethron criophilum
corrected compressor speed
correlation coefficient transformation
costal region
crest slab
cushionbome mode
differentiably
double-barrel(l)ed
dreikaiserbunds
Environmental Coordination Board
family columbidaes
Faridpur
fatialofas
fluid hull
fortunella japonicas
Froehlich's syndrome
genus macrozamias
geotechnic map
gouy layer
gynecologic
hand-drive starter
herbid
hyrolase
impose oneself on
industrial and commercial administration
innervisions
Ironwood Seamount
it is not clear whether
jebel
kecled
keystroke compatibility
killeth
knowledge validation
Kyburz
low pressure control switch
lydiard
material detail maintenance edit list
mchd
meat wiping cloth
Mobius transformation
moonworts
multichannel recorder chart
mutual society
myosenic theory
Nalobikha
non-scriber
not matter a rap
old hand
one's crime
opinative
optical propagation
p-Acetophenetide
Park-Glejser test
penisle
pestring
polyheptamethylene sebacamide
ponderation
primary fumarole
professeurs
publish
puopulsion turbine
railed against
re-armed
recent vegetation
reciprocality
restrained cooling shrinkage
Salix morrisonicola
sand muller
selective roadheader
simple English
stabilized camera mount
stepped cone pulley
straplines
symbolic delivery
theoretical strength
treadwell
unbrowned
uptill
vegetational continuum
Veliki Grđevac
wirewheel
within someone's danger