美联社新闻一分钟 AP 拜登签署纪念女王的吊唁簿

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Flowers are piling up outside of Buckingham Palace as Britain mourns Queen Elizabeth II.

在英国哀悼女王伊丽莎白二世之际，白金汉宫外堆满了鲜花。

She died on Thursday at age 96.

女王于周四去世，享年96岁。

Her son automatically becomes Britain's new monarch¹, King Charles III.

她的儿子自动成为了英国的新君主：国王查尔斯三世。

President Joe Biden signed a condolence book in the queen's honor at the British Embassy in Washington.

美国总统乔·拜登在英国驻华盛顿大使馆签署了纪念女王的吊唁簿。

He later spoke² to a Democratic meeting in Maryland and repeated his warning that former President Trump³ and 'MAGA Republicans' threaten democracy.

他后来在马里兰州的一个民主党会议上发表了讲话，并再次警告称前总统特朗普和“MAGA共和党分子”威胁到了民主。

North Korean President Kim Jong Un says his country will never give up its nuclear weapons.

朝鲜总统金正恩表示，朝鲜永远不会放弃核武器。

He says they are needed to counter US hostilities⁴.

他称朝鲜需要这些武器来对抗美国的敌意。

Wildfires across California are moving quickly during a brutal⁵ heat wave.

受热浪影响，加州各地的野火正在迅速蔓延。

The Fairview Fire southeast of Los Angeles has burned at least 37 square miles.

洛杉矶东南部的费尔维尤大火烧毁了至少37平方英里的土地。

And the Mosquito Fire has scorched⁶ at least 20 square miles in Northern California's Sierra Nevada.

在北加州的内华达山脉，“蚊子山火”烧毁了至少20平方英里的土地。

1 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 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。

4 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

5 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

6 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。