时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(六)月


英语课

This is AP news minute.


1. British police arrested a dozen of people Sunday in a widening investigation 1, after attackers using van and large knifes turned a Saturday night into a bloodbath, and killed 7 people in the heart of London. Shortly after the attack, president Donald Trump 2 waded 3 in on Twitter, saying "We need on the travel ban as an extra level of safety".


2. Ariana Grande returned to the Manchester stage, two weeks after a suicide bombing killed 22 victims at a concert in the same city. 60,000 fans attended the star set one love Manchester concert.


3. A Venezuelan musician and activist 4 performed a concert in Caracas. The event was dotted the street concert for life and was meant to be the protest against the regime of embattled president Nicolas Maduro.


4. People in the UK have responded to the deadly London bridge attack with sorrow and distinctly British humor. Hailing a man seen walking away from the Mayhem, holding a pint 5 of beer as tongue-in-cheek symbol of defiance 6.


Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
3 waded
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
4 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
5 pint
n.品脱
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
6 defiance
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗
  • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
  • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
学英语单词
acacia xanthophloeas
accomptants
Arijejen
backtagged
boll weevils
Bonnyrigg
box-end stacking
but net
captainless
case-definition
chartsford
chromoraiometer
collateral ligaments
commission for acceptance
cost of processing service rendered
counsel of perfection
curiosity shop
Cyclops albidus
daedalea biennis
detechnicalized
diesel fuel oil
drda
dry bag isostatic pressing
dual-cpu
Duckface
end of tie
estuance
FFDSRCS
flocculose
Fujimorist
heatbarrier
heliogram
hillock moraine
holographic deformation
hydrobromic acids
ideavirus
illuminate time display
impulse x-radiation
ion sensitive electrode
jean-pierre
jet-set
knocker
Lee-phenomenon
lepidoted
light-wave
linguistic support
lunar interval
luni-solar
magnesium ammonium carbonate
magnesium hydrogen arsenate
make inroads on crop
Mavua
medicinal plaster therapy
message driven program
metranoicter
microwave curing
mimmer
mine detector
model lens
n-acetyltransferase
Network Solutions
noduli lymphatici conjunctivales
nonlinear tolerance
ommochrome
open-system
palm olein
parallel runways
pedulum
phase deviation
pheochromocytomata
physical damage assessment
pneumony
polycomplexation
published prices
pulse-length
pycnoscelis surinamensis
record paper
Republican River
reusage
Rights of Salvors Are Independant of Contract
Rigveda
ring-and-bead sight
rudder riser
salpinctes obsoletuss
shwedagons
slope of a front
space radio
spatulalike
spiral instability
stock exchange listing
Sulayyimah
teachery
tectonosphere
thermodenaturation
thyng
transmission block length
trip odometer
trojanowiczs
umm lajj (umm lej)
unobsequious
ventral ganglionic mass
Venturi jet