美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-06-12_在线英语听力室

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

2. 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 North Ireland's democratic Unionist party to master a voting majority.

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

4. Authorities say a Florida man is facing criminal mischief⁷ charge after he got out of his car after crash ,stripped off his clothes and damaged a door of a responding deputy's patrol car.

Tracy Brown, the 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 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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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-06-12