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
'fore
0712
addition of actions
air opening
alternating gradient accelerator
angle of unconformity
bathysmal
be flashy
beryllium-silver-copper alloy
biocolonialism
breaking down the barriers between regions and departments
burningoff
catalyst recovery
consigliere
creeling
croft
cytological (or numerical) nondisjunction
dimmed command
discept
duzan
everall
figged soap
figure forming tool
flat-water
flow up
foot-note
from the above
gaiterless
ganidase
gross capital
Guernseys
heartlessly
heating up
hold electrode
holy kamoley
hunting effect
hydroelectric project
hylomorphic
hyperplasia of salivary gland
ilmenite dry
indelible ink
interfering source
international geophysical year (igy)
irrecognizant
kippered blackcod
knowledgeabilities
lemonwood
less-common
limit of side projection of blade
low-lights
loyalists
mackerelers
malignant papilloma of choroid
man-machine interaction equipment
Melinae
mesodens
nardoes
Nasdaq stock market
neurophysiologist
nondiverse
olefinic bond
optical fiber communication reliability
orinoco rivers
paleosoils
pat ... on the back
pericrystalline
personal bankruptcy
physical drill
phytoflagellata
Plantingan
pleurocele
polychromasias
post-racest
procedure data area
qid., QID
renormalizability
safe partner
salt dome trap
sealing regenerative type air preheater
secondary theme
Self-Denying Ordinance
semiempirical equation
shrift
silence signal
skeleton network
snow guns
sodium dihydrogen hypophosphite
streetfire
syphoning
tablet and ticket system
terminal assembly
tokomak
triduum
uk -let
umbilical dressing
under picking system
unloaded speed
upriver
wasphood
yttrium vanadate crystal
zeeb