时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(十二)月


英语课

This is AP news minute. 


1. Officials in Oakland say the death toll 1 has risen to 30 from a fire that tore through a warehouse 2 that housed an artist collective. Authorities say crews are starting to get deeper into the building and that as they advance, they expect to find more victims. 


2. A wooden box carrying Fidel Castro's ashes was placed by his brother and successor into a granite 3 boulder 4, as Cuba mourned the characteristic beard rebel seized control the caribbean island. The government barred independent coverage 5 of the funeral,  later releasing a handful of photos and brief descriptions of the ceremony. 


3. Secretary of state John Kerry confirmed Sunday that state department officials have not been contacted by president-elect Donald Trump's transition team for background briefing before telephone calls with world leaders. Vice 6 president-elect Mike Pence said Trump's phone call with Taiwan  leader was "A Courtesy Call" and has not necessarily reflected the shift of US policy. 


4. Tribal 7 elders have asked the military veterans joining a large Dakota Access pipeline 8 protest in encampment not to have confrontation 9 with law enforcement officials. About 250 veterans gathered at a standing 10 Rock reservation camp on Sunday for a meeting with protest organizers. 


Krysta Fauria, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
adj.花岗岩,花岗石
  • They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  • The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。
n.巨砾;卵石,圆石
  • We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲,把大石头搬开了。
  • He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
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。
adj.部族的,种族的
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.管道,管线
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
acanthosoma
acetyl coenzyme A hydrolase
AdLacZ
amap
anisotropic lattice force
antispread
battery box hanger
be sb's middle name
best of
Bevin
billy clubs
bipolar cell
branch path
Bötersen
cardiopathologists
cenobian
centrifugal force field
cholesterol-reducing
complementary events
controlled nuclear fission
Corydalis punicea
crane driver
critical head
cumulative vote
cut somebody dead
damage assessment
dance club
de-ionised
dentural
describees
detroit electric furnace
diane
direction of bias
dolphin friendly
dropbacks
DSBT
European bullheads
extracting face
fall upon something hammer and tongs
feature integration theory
fluorographic method
foldable
for no other reason than
four leaf twill
fourth window
fractographic pattern
futtock band
gaiama (gayama)
garrote tourniquet
genus Antilocapra
ghetti
globosest
go into liquidation
growth-duplication
herringbone like
high frequency core
hyperpexy
industrial TV camera
intrahaploid pairing (darlington 1937)
Italiot, Italiote
jumping seat
khallaf
kite-ascent
limettin
longitudinal type district station
micklin
microprogrammed processor
mid-shunt termination
milli henry
mine-run coal
nbcu
neurothelitis
Nobatron regulator
object-program library
ombudspersons
omnimane
overwhelm by
paolini
paskars
perinea
phenamidine isethionate
principal radius of curvature
quantity performed
raincoatless
ReadyDrive
return to the charge
right resolution
samisdat, samizdat
sialectasia
sodium-deuterium
split pipe
standard reagent
status word chart
step-frame
stoichiometric transport number
striae transversae corporis callosi
submerged arc
swelling press
the gory details
the icing on the cake
Umbelliflorae
volcaniclastics