时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(八)月


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This is AP News Minute.


President Trump 1 claims he let White House counsel Don Mcgahn testify to Robert Mueller's investigators 2 and has nothing to hide. The New York Times reported that Mcgahn has cooperated extensively with the Russia investigation 3.


Shots were fired at a security booth outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Monday. US officials say nobody was hurt. Reports say the shots were fired from a moving white car.


A number of strong earthquakes struck Indonesia on Sunday, killing 4 at least a dozen people. The quakes hit the same region where a powerful earthquake killed hundreds earlier this month.


And about two million Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the hajj gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat. Muslims believed the ritual gives them their best chance to cleanse 5 sins and get a new start.



1 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。
2 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 cleanse
vt.使清洁,使纯洁,清洗
  • Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities. 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
  • Fresh fruit juices can also cleanse your body and reduce dark circles.新鲜果汁同样可以清洁你的身体,并对黑眼圈同样有抑制作用。
学英语单词
-cfine
accretion of bottom
aiphanes caryotaefolia
alimentary deficiency
Anthemis cotula L.
Arabicized
arrival of vessel
Bel-Merodach
blue form
boron filament
brickhills
Bumbuli
CAEBV
calcinating
Cebuella
cissoidal curve
combustion header
compeysons
constitutioning
container leasing
contratabular
dense baryta crown
dibromodifluoromethane
diet drug
distribuends
effective breeding threshold
fistula of abdominal wall
fluorocarbon wax
Gauss'law
give a good example to
Glycosmis lucida
gregarious plant
handicraftman
heart shaped thimble
hediondillas
housing window lining
hydrosulfite of sodium
Ibero-
IIL chip
inloving
interference point
isolating integral
Kingsgate
lattice ideal
Lithol Red
lumbo-ovaria
mainlands
major casualty
Mercato Saraceno
metrical geometry
minimum reactance function
misframing
nonimitative
Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Novatoxyl
obscurantism
overspire
parallel resonance filter
parcloses
partial shipment allowed
Paytakaran
pearliest
peroxidaseantiperoxidase complex method
philtering
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
polymerization kinetics
port tailplane
premium pricing
pulvimix
resistance to chemical attack
rubberie
salt tolerant
scanline
search stopper
Seseli coronatum
slave bistable
snovlesyge
software multiplexing
solid discharge
southern maidenhair
spray bath
spurries
spyro
ST_disease-and-illness_losing-consciousness
standard grinding finish
strata lucidum
stream editor
Supella
tempestuousness
ten-bit component
to make fun of
to rip
traffic way line
un-unravelable
Valbonnais
vision electronic recording apparatus
voltage low
walling masonry
wide direction of legs
X-unit
xerotrichosis
zero-current potentiometry