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
-ised
administrative licence
alkane-1-monooxygenase
aniline number
antimony flint glass
Bagehot
base-load thermal power plant
belt cleaner
betcha, betcher
bow thruster
centrosomally
chain hanger
chief series of subgroups
chloro-acetic chloride
cloran
close belt
cnemial process
codification
confidence intervals
controllable check valve
counter-weight pulley
cryptic structural hybrid
Cubanized
cyberdeath
darzees
decision-framing
differential magnetometer
earmembrane
electronic partition function
epple
expoundings
gasoline tractor
genital area
got cold feet
Gravel Train
guest statute
high sound insulation
high-volume particulate sampler
Hoffmann's atrophy
house-warmer
inheritress
interbank deposit
Jinz, Qā'al
just for one day
juvenile panhypopituitarism (pituitary dwarfism)
Kuthara
large marine ecosystem
liver function
logging theory
long wave FM radio telephone
lowest decimal
mailing table
market follower
meal bin
Medical college Admissions Test
mixing granulation
motor type coder
nervi splanchnici pelvici
nitromethaqualone
nonadjectives
osseo-integrate
oyrur
paramoecin
pay-as-you-goes
personal claim
photoelectric photometer
piecings
pistate
pressure kettle
primary dependent
programmable terminal
quantitative reaction
regrexit
religiousnesses
removing carbon
respiratory passages
restarted
retinalism
riboflavin-5'-monosulfate
root progression
secured debenture
selection of regressors
selective pulse plating technique
sharpening room
slambang
spermiotelcosis
spillway crest
Stenoseris auriculiformis
summary of cost of returned goods
supercrescences
the rubicon
to rumble
tolynolum
transitivity system
turbine missile
ultra-low volume spray
unpasteurised
valve position indicator
white coat rule
Wilks's theorem
wyefde
zekken