(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
This is AP News Minute.
Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street Monday as technology companies took heavy losses and investors worried about escalating trade tensions with China. The United States imposed tax on Chinese steel and aluminum. Then China counterpunched with tariffs on a host of U.S. product including apples, pork and ginseng.
Comedian Bill Cosby was back in a Pennsylvania courtroom for the first day of jury selection in his retrial on sexual assault charges. The 80-year-old Cosby is charged with drugging and molesting a former Temple University athletics administrator at his home in 2004.
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died. The 81-year-old is also the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela. And despite shadows of criminal convictions and scandal later in her life, many South Africans consider her the "mother of the nation".
With overcast skies and temperatures in the 40's, President Trump declared it perfect weather for the annual White House Easter egg roll. Nearly 30,000 parents and children were expected to participate in the all-day event.
Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.
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重点解析
1.Then China counterpunched with tariffs on a host of U.S. product including apples, pork and ginseng.
counterpunch回击
If this happens, it will represent a counterpunch to French secularism.
倘若如此,势必成为反击法国世俗主义的一记重拳 。
2.With overcast skies and temperatures in the 40's, President Trump declared it perfect weather for the annual White House Easter egg roll.
overcast阴暗的
These are prime hours for exposure to skin-damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun, even on overcast days.
这段时间是皮肤受到太阳紫外线照射伤害的主要时段,即使是阴天也是如此 。
参考翻译
这里是美联社一分钟新闻
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周一,由于众多科技公司遭受重大损失,中美贸易关系逐步紧张,投资者们十分担忧,华尔街股市大幅收低 。美国对中国的钢铁和铝制品征税 。随后,中国对包括苹果、猪肉和人参在内的一系列美国产品加征关税 。
喜剧演员比尔·考斯比重回宾夕法尼亚州法庭,其性侵指控重审陪审团的遴选于当日开始 。考斯比现年80岁,被指控于2004年在家中对一名前天普大学体育管理人员下毒并进行性骚扰 。
南非反种族隔离活动家温妮·曼德拉去世 。温妮·曼德拉享年81岁,是纳尔逊·曼德拉的前妻 。尽管在其一生中犯罪记录和丑闻不断,许多南非人仍然认为她是“黑人母亲” 。
虽然天气阴沉,气温只有40℉左右,特朗普总统仍宣布这个天气正适合白宫复活节滚彩蛋活动
。预计将有近3万名家长和孩子参加全天的活动 。
我是苏珊娜·加夫尼,这里是美联社新闻一分钟 。