时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute.


1. Armed soldiers and military Humvees moved in Tuesday to remove protesters who are campaigning on private lands to block the construction of the Dakota access pipeline 1 in North Dakota. Protesters set a small fire and built blocks but majority retreated from confrontation 2.


2. Official in central Italy began to assess the damage caused by a pair of strong earthquakes in the same region hit by a deadly quake in August. Meanwhile, authorities scrambled 3 to find housing for thousands of displaced residents.


3. Twitter is cutting about 9% of its employees worldwide and killing 4 off Vine, its mobile app where people share short video clips. Twitter has failed to keep pace with rivals Facebook, Snapshot and Instagram in recent months.


4. And the National Weather Service says snow began following Thursday in parts of Connecticut and is expected in Massachusetts as well. Commuters shouldn't worry, however the first snow of the season isn't expect to accumulate, because the ground is too warm.


Kelly Daschle, the Associated Press with AP news minute.



1 pipeline
n.管道,管线
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
2 confrontation
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
3 scrambled
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
学英语单词
advise about
albertines
algal polysaccharide
amplitude non-linearity
apple cider vinegars
ballotant
biopolis
bowl barrow
BSD (burst slug detector)
byte storage
Cadalen
career highlights
Central Prov.
chemical physiology
chui
clarkston
concrete curb
covasnas
Cyclobalanopsis edithiae
difference in colo(u)r
direct product of modules
dog and cat
duplex hook
emission spectrometry
exasparate
exchange efficiency
famine
feeding guide
ferriedenite
freshhood
full-server
garanbiensis
grammatical representation
grid-lead shield
hernan cortezs
high altitude anoxia
high density PVC tangle film
high test bleaching powder
Hijānah
holdenite
horizontal driver
ikke
in the fast lane
inlet well
instantaneous damper current
interrupted fine
julipe
kingy
kite's-foot
koshiba
L-ALA
larison
long journey
low cost module
market specialist
McKinlay R.
methylinositol
misylite
mixed-based number
muffe
Mui Hopohoponga
nano-steradians
needle-motion sensor
Neocallimastix
Neurectasis
off - the - shelf product
oscillator tuning
pepsinogen-ii
phasmid insects
picture-frequency adjustment
pleurobranchiae
polisography
polyphase relay
push socket
quartering attachment
radiated spar
rear stirrup
rear tapeman
reconnaissance balloon
self-contained drive pump
serverlet
sexupara
shoulder drops
sight hounds
spark plung
starter doughs
statistical interpolation method
subscribing
superficial flexor muscle of fingers
Swynnerton
Tamabo Ra.
temporary bond
tht
towel blanket
train running out
Transvaalian
truncation (of a string)
unribbed
vitrodurite
voice production
wehy
year-end substantive verification