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President Donald Trump¹ says that thanks to him, US infrastructure² will once again be the envy of the world. Trump has been promoting plans to bolster³ the country's roads, bridges and waterways in what his aides have dubbed⁴ "infrastructure week". But former FBI Director James Comey's testimony⁵ about his interactions with Trump and Russian interference in the US election has dominated the news.

Britain's Prime Minister Teresa May will leave her most senior cabinet team in place after her general election gamble backfired disastrously⁶. May plans to work with Northern Island's Democratic Unionist Party to muster⁷ a voting majority.

One person is hospitalized following a hot-air balloon crash in Chatsworth, Illinois, according to ambulence services. Two balloons went down near Chatsworth Grade School.

Authorities say a Florida man is facing criminal mischief⁸ charges after he got out of his car after a crash, stripped off his clothes and damaged a door of the responding deputy's patrol car.

Tracy Brown, Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
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 infrastructure
n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施
参考例句：
We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。 We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 bolster
n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励
参考例句：
The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。 He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

4 dubbed
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制
参考例句：
Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。 Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？来自《简明英汉词典》

5 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

6 disastrously
ad.灾难性地
参考例句：
Their profits began to spiral down disastrously. 他们的利润开始螺旋形地急剧下降。 The fit between the country's information needs and its information media has become disastrously disjointed. 全国的信息需求与信息传播媒介之间的配置，出现了严重的不协调。

7 muster
v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册
参考例句：
Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。 I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

8 mischief
n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹
参考例句：
Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。 He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

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