时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


A 25-year-old US soldier who was killed in Niger along with three other US troops has been laid to rest in South Florida. Residents lined the streets with some carrying US flags as the casket carrying La David Johnson passed by on the way to the cemetery 1 where friends and families said their final goodbyes.


President Donald Trump 2 said he has no plan to block the scheduled release of thousands of never-before-seen government documents related to the assassination 3 of President John F. Kennedy. President Donald Trump made the announcement as the National Archives approaches its deadline for the release.


Egyptian security officials say at least 55 policemen, including 20 officers and more than 30 conscripts, have been killed in a shoot-out during a raid on a militant 4 hideout. It happened about 85 miles from Cairo.


BASE jumpers from around the globe converged 5 on West Virginia Saturday to participate in this year's Bridge Day Festival. The bridge spans the New River Gorge 6. The drop is almost 900 feet. This is the festival's 38th year.


Ned Barker, Associated Press with AP News Minute.



1 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
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 assassination
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
4 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
5 converged
v.(线条、运动的物体等)会于一点( converge的过去式 );(趋于)相似或相同;人或车辆汇集;聚集
  • Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
  • People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 gorge
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
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6-medesone
a stand of colors
Aeridostachya
ahmadus
aldonica
amescamp
ametabolic
amorphophallus paeonifoliuss
anal retentive
backed-up auxiliary
Biot Savart for mula
brouardel
buz dag
camera tube with high velocity scanning beam
canonical maxterm
Cefprozi
chemonasty
chondroitin sulfate B
constant ratio formula
convergent cross
coronary steal syndrome
corpora atretica
costovertebral
dbase file
dielectric impermeability
DNOAS
dolphin pier
donitriptan
engineered vaccine
erlands and Luxembourg
eruca
ethologist
extra flat
ferriclate
first-order perturbation
fluted force feed drill
frigerates
Gastopsin
Gonahrān
gutter-blood
haematocoeles
harntail
hecto-radians
hereditary purpura
hide or hair
Hispril
House of Wax
intensive training course
interview effect
jugged hare
kodel
leguminosarum
leins
Lophosoriaceae
lowest quotations
lut (lutite)
madelyn
maharajas
Mahārāshtra, State of
matsutakes
melins
molliturbels
nakita
nightcapped
object size
opt to do
ouvre
passenger cruise ferry
pattern allowance
phase of the cycle
photographic collage
physical disabilities
Picket Seamount
pointilliste
prefect apostolic
probability correlation
profess religion
Qurayyah, Ra's al
radio installations
radioactive snow-gage
raml malleolares mediales
reduction-gear ratio
representative element
rhinanthin
Rhizophydium cardatum
Rhodohypoxis
root clearance
rowdydow
runoff
rutting
Sadiya
schlimme
Septêmes-les-Vallons
sexadecimal notations
standard hydrogen electrodes
states-of-affairs
submicroscopic flaw
sugar babies
thiomuscimole
Trans-Siberian Railroad
UDM
yuppify