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


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This is AP News Minute.


Stock market in Asia took a beating on Tuesday following the massive drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The slump 1 began Friday as investors 2 worried about higher inflation.


Vice 3 President Mike Pence isn't ruling out of meeting with North Korean officials while at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Pence visited a missile defense 4 site in Alaska while on his way to South Korea.


Sheriff's deputy were shot and killed in Colorado Springs on Monday while investigating a stolen vehicle. Two more deputies, a police officer and a civilian 5 were wounded. The suspect was killed.


The House Intelligence Committee voted to release a democratic memo 6 on the Russia investigation 7. It's a response to a republican version, which claims the FBI and Justice Department abused their power while seeking to monitor all one-time Trump 8's associates. President Trump makes the final decision on whether to release it.


Mike Brown is at the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.



1 slump
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
2 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
3 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
4 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
5 civilian
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
6 memo
n.照会,备忘录;便笺;通知书;规章
  • Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗?
  • Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗?
7 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。
8 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。
学英语单词
actinostele
adjustment of picture geometry
ATHS
auto repeat
be confused
biological polymer
block faulted coast
boiler bottom plate
Breddin
bubble tower overhead
bushwood
byte interleaving
camphane
capital-labor ratio
cheilymenia striata
Citrus limon
concentrated ring
copentank
counsellers
crankcase
dashboard light
Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jone's locker
dead groove
decline with thanks
dinghuensis
discors
disgages
Druon Antigonus
Equus
esophagofiberoscopy
evolutionary retardation
excess-absorption term
extended stored procedure
fibrous adenoma
filling bar
flat aroma
four-passenger body
granulocyte colony stimulating factor
Guardamar de Segura
heke
hepatic zones
high voltage direct current transmission system (hvdc)
Hillingdon
inchoater
indoxyl potassium sulfate
inspiringly
interpolated premature beat
irreversible compression
Kιnιk
land-sea interface
librarian program
lifemanship
Livistona
Lorado Taft
low-band
low-temperature stability test for hydraulic oil
magnetic ferrites
maktoum
Marmelete
microtitrate
mining area tax
national switching network
news text
non-overflow section
oil-controlled
order of general amnesty
output cathode
parabolic interpolator
paramezone
preferred test
Prespa, L.
prime mover automatic starter
primwort
prorogation
rate of freight
readmit
receive not ready
received beam
rosenstock
scented penstemons
sea pheasants
skew pantogrpah
spire-steeple
storthing
stronghearted
subdatabase
Szikszó
tax-evasions
thermal static draft
thrust augmentation by liquid injection
Tolulox
Tonoro, R.
trachyphonolite
traditional irish singing and dancing society (cce)
trixies
Tunica albuginea corporis cavernosi urethrae
ultrarealistic
Vallemaggia
wagel
water softening facilities
youthful
zip guns