时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(十)月


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This is AP News Minute.


At least 17 people are known dead from Florida to Virginia in the aftermath of hurricane Michael. More than 300,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Florida and Georgia Sunday.


Retail 1 giant Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2 protection. The filing is expected to impact tens of thousands of workers.


International business leaders are pulling out of the upcoming investment forum 3 in Saudi Arabia. That country is dealing 4 with growing pressure after the disappearance 5 and suspected murder of Saudi Aribian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.


A pilot is dead after a small plane crashed into a home in Payson, Arizona. No injuries were reported on the ground. The cause of the crash is under investigation 6.



1 retail
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
2 bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
3 forum
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
4 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
5 disappearance
n.消失,消散,失踪
  • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
  • Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
6 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。
学英语单词
alectorur syedoensis mak.
alloy modified
ampiclla
antiroll
approach sequence aircraft
asplenium ritoense
AUX(auxiliary)
Bellota
benzoquinonium chloride
blood deficiency causing wind
bottom (of) containment extension
brandcasting
brown nosing
cheap labour force
Chromosorb
ciliar
cmo
coarctate larva
concave milling cutter for wood working
continuous spray pump
corymbous
Costa secunda
deoxyguanosine (dG,dGuo)
derrieres
Dghnorisa
discoloured bearing
discriminating tariff
dolines
doughface
ecoartist
electro-beam accessed memory
eluviums
employee's bonus
ethoxycyclohexane
fibrinosuppurative
geometry teachers
get to loggerheads
Goodrich Company
hatch-doors
hawser elasticity
heyderiol
Hoeyang
homocyclic ring
hot-press gluing
hydraulic-ram
hydroxyacetylneuraminic acid
in the original
infective conjunctivitis
inset map
interopercular bone
isotopologue
Johnny Ball
joint procedures analysis
Klarogo
langsdorff
leeftail
longitudinal stability on cushion
Loxapinsuccinate
make face
maleruption
masalas
menari hinei (malaysia)
message writer
Mexican hat
minimal machine
moana
moisture holding
Neckargemünd
nominal incidence
ohchinolide
Orthodox Jew
ossifying diathesis
over wash
overtouted
p-(position)
pepe trunk
per-user
perpetuality
physical wear and tear
polyclonia
ponyfishes
pricklebacks
Pulmogram
Qianjiang
sabertooth fishes
scagged
space correlation
splenomedullary leukemia
split-channels
straight pipe thread
strapworts
survivorship insurance
tanqueray
tilers
transmission densitometer
tubercula scaleni
twenty-first
typhlodromus obesus
undefensive
unstable type gravimeter
Urleni
vitrophyric