时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(二)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Police say a man accused of plowing 1 a car into a crowd enjoying a parade in New Orleans is being investigated for driving while intoxicated 2. 21 people were hospitalized. Authorities say the crash on Saturday evening sends a strong message about drinking and driving.


Thousands of civilians 3 fled western Mosul on Sunday as Iraqi forces continued their advance into neighborhoods held by the Islamic State group. United Nations officials say civilians had made up an unusually high proportion of the casualties in the battle for Mosul.


A 17-year-old transgender boy completed an undefeated season by winning a controversial Texas state girl's wrestling title. The weekend competition received heavy criticism from those who believe the testosterone he's taking as he transitions from female to male created an unfair advantage.


Amateur luge fans celebrated 4 the Russia holiday Pancake Week by sliding down a makeshift icy track. The holiday precedes Lent in the Orthodox Christian 5 calendar and ushers 6 out the winter.


Krysta Fauria, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 plowing
v.耕( plow的现在分词 );犁耕;费力穿过
  • "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀,宝贝儿。 来自飘(部分)
  • Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后,他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句
2 intoxicated
喝醉的,极其兴奋的
  • She was intoxicated with success. 她为成功所陶醉。
  • They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented. 他们酩酊大醉,东南西北全然不辨。
3 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
4 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
5 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
6 ushers
n.引座员( usher的名词复数 );招待员;门房;助理教员v.引,领,陪同( usher的第三人称单数 )
  • Seats clicked, ushers bowed while he looked blandly on. 座位发出啪啦啪啦的声响,领座员朝客人们鞠躬,而他在一边温和殷勤地看着。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • The minister then offers a brief prayer of dedication, and the ushers return to their seats. 于是牧师又做了一个简短的奉献的祈祷,各招待员也各自回座位。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
accrued dividends
albridges
ant cow
be worth a Jew's eye
beaded border
breakthrough saturation
calendary
change speed pinion
creolalbin
cross valve
crucible lid
cuprorhodsite
cyberprostitution
deburring machine
devillicate
die hob
diopside kersantite
Dioscorea matsudae
do the naughty
ecological risk assessment
egotrip
elevation transfer survey
ELO-Vac process
erythrorexis
external rotators
faulting recurrence
gauged brickwork
george iis
glancing incidence
ground guided missile
guardy
heavyweight-boxing
heteromers
horn of the anvil beak
hypophysitis
i'll warrant
Ichthyostega
insulation pad
jk flip-flop
kinesitherapy
labeling requirement
lake ecology
Lamb.
light-hearted
linear alkylate sulphonate
lipogeneses
military waste
minimal visual angle
multicellular stage
Muscle-testing
near-insolvencies
ommiads
oris cancrum
osmium carbonyl
pallants
particle astro-physics
Pedicularis rhynchodonta
Petre, Pt.
philbertia ramsayi
phosphorpenia
photoelectric multiplier
pmch
poly(vinylidene chloride)
presentational
primary transmission feeder
Proto-Balto-Slavic
PST (polystyrene latex)
quasi-stationary state
quong
radical surgery
radiodetermination service
rhomboideum
roller dried milk
sandro botticellis
schedule of turnover rate of circulating fund
scrubby
semi-classical
show-biz
Skjφnstå
spinstress
spy cam
Srpski Itebej
steenbras
stewart-moore
strewingly
stunningness
suction hole
synthetic aperture sonar
terminal leaflet
the Independence Day
tomates
toplofty
traffic destination
treadway
tv encoder
validacin
varicella encephalitis
vendoring
welding stainless electrode
wrapper tube
Wārām, Kowtal-e
Zaghlul Pasha