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This is AP news minute.
1. President Barack Obama is reassuring1 foreign leaders the U.S won't abandon its alliance obligations despite president-elect Donald Trump's top campaign rhetoric2. Obama met with the Greek president and prime minister on Tuesday and said world leaders needed to pay attention to people's fear in economic dislocation in the midst of globalization.
2. Speaker Paul Ryan has received the anonymous3 node from GOP colleagues for another turn of speaker, housing democrats4 facing disarray5, announced the delaying of this week's elections until November 30th.
3. A Utah high school student is in custody6 after stabbing five classmates in the boy's locker7 room before being subdued8 by school employees. Officials say he was a straight-A student with no disciplinary history and was new at the school.
4. A three-year $60 million repair job at the Capitol dome9 is done with two months to go before the inauguration10 day. The scaffolding around the dome has been removed. More than 1300 cracks in the dome have been repaired.
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a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的,使人放心的 | |
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n.修辞学,浮夸之言语 | |
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adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的 | |
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4 democrats | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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5 disarray | |
n.混乱,紊乱,凌乱 | |
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6 custody | |
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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7 locker | |
n.更衣箱,储物柜,冷藏室,上锁的人 | |
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8 subdued | |
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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9 dome | |
n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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10 inauguration | |
n.开幕、就职典礼 | |
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11 baker | |
n.面包师 | |
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