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
adhesion molecule
aging register
al-qadi
al-taweela
albuen b.
anabolic metabolism
annotated index
atbear
benefit from
black cobalt
Broncholin
cable running
chemical-separation plant
chirashizushi
chronic morphine addiction
chrysanthemi indici flos
coinage office
coinhibitory
collacott
collapsible keelblock
combing leather
concentration function
consecutive clause
containment system
cortical activity
credit screw
crepe fern
cupped disk
currency instability
definition state
deionizing column
distended pain
do homework
duplex monstrosity
ethical worm
falsification of public seal
family-values police
fast-sequenced transport
ferroproteins
Fleitmann's tests
fortysix
fungicide paint
gas station attendant
gold (au)
grain cart
greenhoods
helsinks
high water level diagram
horse-shoe main
hostmasks
Ibrahim-Beck
implemention
inbrawn
intergeniculum
IR remote
jellyprint
Jork
land act
latinness
lose one's sight
magnetic anemometer
magnetic mercury cutoff device
Matabuena
mcglashen
mitcell
morphogenetic gradient
motor protection
music centers
Ndouo
octameric histone
peta-kelvin
Peucedanum japonicum
pohlia elongata
polyhydronaphthalene
price delivered along vessel
psychodiagnosis
pure phase correlation
quadruplications
rack shaving tool
ride on horse with ten toes
riftblock mountain
rock purslanes
romper rooms
salol camphor
seat-of-the-pants
self trimmer
Skinner box
slash disposal
sorious
sous-palan clause
streyghte
Styrax serrulatus
Sulphur Point
telephoto objective
term borrowing
terrain-clearance system
under-cooked
ureteroenterostomy
van der meer
vegetable washer
wissman
yo'self