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
2-point cdv
5-(1-chlorovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine
air mail bill of lading
alben barkleys
angle iron straightening
beam distance
bearded clams
belayings
benzol removal
berens
blizzard snow dune
bosun,bo'sun
bread poisoning
bridgehampton
cepphuss
Chogyal
Cie. Compagnie
cinctus
compacted concrete
consumer decision-making process
controlling law
DHAV
dipentamethylene thiuram monosulfide
diptilomiopus perfectus
DLEA
dropping of interval
drum spline hob
equestrianess
ethyl phenyl urea
external loads
fancydan
fee-free
finishes
first-division
formula coder (forc)
freelance photography
full-write pulse
gasoline cock
gravel wall well
hat leather
huffler
hyenanchin
immote
internet-service
ipomoea
J. R.
Kerry blue terrier
know someone by sight
lean ore
litta
livable
loewigite
loosen
manual slot
medical diagnostic radiography
meliboeus lagerstraemiae
microspectrofluorometric
mid-channel bar deposit
Moharram
myxoid cyst
neutrons per fission
nevomelanocytic
non-black control element
nutrient artery of the tibia
optical memory circuit
orofaciodigital
ovarian function
over-cookings
overdeveloping
periureteral
potassium binoxalate
proteidic
Queanbeyan R.
reversed carnot cycle
reversionist
river-control works
rollgang elevator
scalenus
self apparent
semi-regular summation
shadow mask colour CRT
shale tar
shielced carbon-arc welding
ship model cutting machine
silver coulombmeter
single bar
singular operator
sleepytime
snailshells
sound-scattering object
special semi-martingale
stadnik
stop-watch.
sublingual granuloma
teacher education center
teartane
Tetrastigma longipedunculatum
Teutonically
Toshkent(Tashkent)
unirationality
Writ System
Zuzims