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.


Brett Kavanaugh made his way to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning ahead of what promises to be high drama. A hearing in which Senators will listen to a woman accuse the Supreme 1 Court nominee 2 of sexually assaulting her, then weigh his denial. It is the first time the country sees and hears from Kavanaugh's first accuser.


Across the street from the Capitol building, protesters gathered at the Supreme Court, chanting "Kavanaugh! No!" and holding signs that said "I believe Christine", in reference to Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford 3.


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said at the UN Wednesday that he objects to President Donald Trump's actions against his government and says that the "illegal unilateral sanctions" are part of a bullying 4 tactic 5 by the US. His speech came on the same day that 6 countries asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro on charges of crimes against humanity.


The Milwaukee County zoo has its first red panda cub 6. The cub was born on June 6 and is now about 7 pounds. Estimates put the population of adult red pandas at less than 2,500 in the wild. They also have an approximate 86% mortality rate.



1 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。
2 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。
3 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
4 bullying
v.恐吓,威逼( bully的现在分词 );豪;跋扈
  • Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
  • All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tactic
n.战略,策略;adj.战术的,有策略的
  • Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
  • She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。
6 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
abyssolith
activated zinc oxide
amberboas
anaphylactic
arc tangents
automatic editing
biotite granite
Bowie, David
brunorizing
Bukowo
bus compartment
cat bird
clemon
compressor set
computer-aided flow visualization
Coms.
convex barrel
cyanuric trichloride
cyclegraph
D. & W.
devil's bit
diced meat
diffeomorphic
Direct Stream Digital
Dona Ana
dove pox
eliot
enstatite plagioplite
envelope of a family of curves
flow ratio
flow type gas laser
Garnotia maxima
Graham I.
hetaeria oblongifolia
HF telex radio
household registration book
hrzn.
hsiens
hyalinizing spindle cell tumor
Imperial Res.
institute prosecution
iridectomize
lobe parachute
loselism
loun
lower carboniferous periods
lunar periodism
melandrioside
meta call
metallic bowl
micro-examination
Microscopium
mid-city
myocardial pace making electrode
narrow-row cultivator
nasal drops
NCSORG
net price procedure
nonmetallurgist
nonshopper
oil-tanned
one-dimensionality
oral-defense
partial differential equation of higher order
pile supported building
pipe of peace
Plexus mesentericus inferior
poisonwoods
preceding component
pulse stacker
pulsed neutron die-away method
push-poll
Qixian Stage
real video on-demand
remikiren
roseneath
secondary hook
secondhand smoke
secularized
self-closing valve
Simagal
slab-shaped magnet
sperete
split-second lever spring
structure
Style Box
suppositio
Söllichau
team-roping
tetrandria
That goes without saying.
thralls
trabajadores
trochanteric bursitis of femur
trunnion
tube tops
uneffeminate
unified memory architecture
unit testing philosophy
wet proof
Zarzalejo
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