时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(七)月


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This is AP News Minute.


Details remain unclear in what led to a Minnesota police officer fatally shooting an Australian woman over the weekend. Minneapolis authorities will only say that the officers were responding to a 911 call about a possible assault when the woman was shot.


Authorities say a 27-year-old man is still missing after flash flood in central Arizona that killed other 9 people. The rushing water came Saturday as people were cooling off in a creek 1 in the Tonto National Forest.


A Jordanian soldier was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with hard labor 2 for the shooting deaths of three US military trainers. The three US Army Green Berets were killed on November 4th, as their convoy 3 waited at the gate to a Jordanian air base.


And a lucky couple is getting a honeymoon 4 in Hawaii after getting engaged at the Garth Brooks 5 concert over the weekend in Oklahoma City. The country singer got wind of commotion 6. He told them if they'd decided 7 to go to Hawaii, he and his wife Trisha Yearwood would pay for it.


Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 creek
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
2 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 convoy
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队
  • The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
  • Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
4 honeymoon
n.蜜月(假期);vi.度蜜月
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
  • The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
5 brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
  • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 commotion
n.骚动,动乱
  • They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵,引起了一阵骚乱。
  • Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间,整条街道变得一片混乱。
7 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
学英语单词
-lol
adhocracies
adiabatic relationship
Alexander B.
alpha version
alternative courses
anaplastie
argillophilous
avail of marriage
Basarabeasca
be brought to bed of
Berēcha
Biliran Str.
cable drill
cavemanlike
CB-1850
chloroactic acid
coccognic acid
cold rolled
communication preprocessor
contemplativeness
continuous cocoon boiling system
conversion at the market price
cross shaft reduction gear
crown debt
data compatibility
dedignation
design of bolted flange connection
diet-rite
digital servo
dimetient
direct current amplification factor
economic complex
ehu
elastic curled pin
farinaceously
filature
fishing waters
flock technology
flow over into
forward DC resistance
frontal crash test
gampsocera albopilosa
generalized pressure
glycophenol
have recourse to
heterogenous graft
homineity
homotopy constant
i.m.f
in leading strings to
individual mean
induction channel
isohabitu
isotopic
kepler equation
labellum (pl.labella)
lung capacity meter
matriarchal
monsterous
myliobatis tobijei
needle trace
Neel-type wall
newly industrialized countries (nics)
nittiest
non-essential element
ordinary balance sheet
Orhaniye
overbudgeting
pentatrichomonas homonis
permanent quadrat method
Pg Up
pilot injection gas engine
pitched a tent
pratement
rannie
raw sienna
reading ages
resonant vibrations
reynoldsburg
rhabdites
rwjf
segmental spine
snowmelt flood
soft acid
sprogging
streveler
synplutonic disk
systems inventories
tenebrescent
thoos
thrift industry
toaded
tonnes
toplex
was of benefit
width of paddy wheel
working anchor
xylota formosana
yoldia glauca
Zandvoorde