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.


President Donald Trump 1 said Wednesday "we'll see what happens" with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump is meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to review the agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, which Trump has threatened to withdraw from if he can't negotiate a better deal.


The New Yorker is reporting that 16 former and current executives at Harvey Weinstein's companies either witnessed or knew about Weinstein's unwanted sexual advances. The Weinstein Company's board of directors has denied that claim. Weinstein was fired on Sunday after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment 2 and assault.


In Northern California, conditions are worsening for a massive wildfire. Officials on Wednesday said drier, windier weather is on the way, which could complicate 3 efforts for firefighters. So far, the fire has been blamed for 21 deaths, and at least 3500 homes have been destroyed.


And the Boy Scouts 5 of America have announced plans to let girls into some programs. The organization says it will admit girls to Cub 6 Scouts starting next year and establish a new program for older girls who will be able to earn the rank of Eagle Scout 4.


Robert Bumstead, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.



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 harassment
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
3 complicate
vt.使复杂化,使混乱,使难懂
  • There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
  • These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
4 scout
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
5 scouts
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组,然后开始巡逻这个地区。
6 cub
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
学英语单词
a piece of the pie
Adjana
angle of descent
antuitarism
ash-blues
atomizing pump
Bene Fakers
botteghe
bring sth within the orbit of
cadmium arsenide
caroll learning model
chimaeridaes
Chiusdino
crumpy
cryptlike
cyathophorella taiwaniana
Darlingford
decisive set
direct-current main
discard eligibility indicator
disposable load
Dl-Norephedrine
education fund
Euclidium syriacum
evesdroppers
ewelina
extra large size bearing
fabricating yard
Farther India
gervasio
get in behind
gold hydroxise
Hinohara
Homah
hot blast stove
impilation
interference of alternating current
Irshans'k
it's better to be safe than sorry
kiteboarders
leg bail
ligand-gated
lillian hellmen
local zone time
macwilliams identity
managerial finance
Manzan
massaging yongquan
meagrest
Mechanism for selecting the superior and eliminating
metallic mesh
microbrewers
milos forman
mold coating inoculation
multi range testmeter
multiple-pile driver tower
multipletooling
multivariate function
negalocephalic
nler Deresi
non-deterministic time complexity
normal multivariate analysis
Normanizing
one board lot of securities
ophiactis modesta
organic materials/devices
oxy propane cutting
parallelogramme
parametres
penicillium indonesiae
Picard
pore pressure gage
potassium nitrosylpentacyanoferrate
primer sheet
quantity of sale
railroad station
readily available fertilizer
Rhipicentor
right field
rockenbole
rocking equipment
samisdat, samizdat
schedule graph
second act
seizeth
sexercise
ship registered length
sigh of relief
slow as molasses in January
subsurface fault
sympathoglioblastoma
Tennis Court Oath
test-pitting
thermal convertor
tin adhesion
tokomak
toll-collection
transferable credit
volcano shoreline
winter ripened fruit
world trade centers
Zenonic