美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-01-21_在线英语听力室

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1. Donald Trump¹'s company confirms his plan to expand its golf resort near Aberdeen, Scotland. Trump has vowed² his company will do no new foreign deals while he is president. Some government ethnics³ lawyers say the project raises concerns about a possible conflict of interest.

2. A source says president-elect Trump will name former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to be his agriculture secretary. Perdue has operated an agriculture business.

3. A newly elected West Virginia Sheriff resigned from his job and admitted in court that he is a meth addict⁴. Former Roane county sheriff Bo Williams pleaded guilty in court to stealing the drug from a police locker⁵. It was being used as evidence in a case.

4. And snow and ice have left parts of Oregon and Washington dealing⁶ with power outages. Dozens of crashes were reported in Washington State’s Snoqualmie Pass. After snow, sleet⁷ and freezing rain made driver dangerous.

Sandy Kozel, 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 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 ethnics
n.伦理学，人种学
参考例句：
Philadelphia may be known as home of the establishment and ethnics. 费城也许是名门和族裔之乡。来自辞典例句 For ethnics who want to add their culture to the mosaic that is America. 为想把自己的文化添入美国万花筒的少数族裔说话。来自演讲部分

4 addict
v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
参考例句：
He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。 He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

5 locker
n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人
参考例句：
At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。 He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

6 dealing
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。 His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 sleet
n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹
参考例句：
There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。 When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-01-21