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President Donald Trump¹ says his critics are only complaining about his tough rhetoric² on North Korea because it's him. He says days of grave threats to the communist country's leader Kim Jon-un would be welcomed as a great statement if somebody else utter them.

The mayor of New Orleans says more back-up generators³ have been brought in to make sure pumps designed to alleviate⁴ flooding work properly. Mayor Mitch Landrieu admits the system is still diminished. The city was inundated⁵ with water after heavy rains last weekend.

Taylor Swift's former bodyguard⁶ testified in court that he did not immediately act when he saw Swift get groped by a Denver DJ because he didn't sense danger. David Mueller alleges⁷ Swift accused him falsely and got him fired.

And the driver of this car survived when it fell seven stories inside an Austin parking garage. Police say she drove through retention⁸ wires on the 7th floor.

I'm Matt Friedman, 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 rhetoric
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
参考例句：
Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？ Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

3 generators
n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司
参考例句：
The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。 Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 alleviate
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。

5 inundated
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付
参考例句：
We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。 We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bodyguard
n.护卫，保镖
参考例句：
She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。 The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

7 alleges
断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。 Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

8 retention
n.保留，保持，保持力，记忆力
参考例句：
They advocate the retention of our nuclear power plants.他们主张保留我们的核电厂。 His retention of energy at this hour is really surprising.人们惊叹他在这个时候还能保持如此旺盛的精力。

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