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1. Army lieutenant¹ general H.R. McMaster is named president Donald Trump²'s national security adviser³. This comes a week after his first adviser general Mike Flynn resigned amid controversy⁴ over Flynn's contacts with Russia.

2. Russia's United Nation's ambassador Vitaly Churkin has died suddenly in New York City. Russian officials tell the Associated Press Churkin became sick in his office at the Russia-UN mission Monday, and was taken to nearby hospital where he died. He was 64.

3. Anti-Trump protesters are gathering⁵ around the country on this federal holiday, to take part in "Not My President's Day" rallies. Protest leaders say they expect thousands take to the streets to show their opposition⁶ to the policies of president Trump.

4. And wigs⁷ that can give the look at president Trump's infamous⁸ hairstyle is now in high demand in Austria for carnival⁹ attendees. One costume rental¹⁰ in Vienna is taking emergency measures, using their regular blunt wigs and applying their spray in generous quantities, to turn them into Trump style wigs.

Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP news minute.

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1 lieutenant
n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员
参考例句：
He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。 He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

2 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。

3 adviser
n.劝告者，顾问
参考例句：
They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。 Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 controversy
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。 We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

5 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 wigs
n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )
参考例句：
They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。来自辞典例句 Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。来自电影对白

8 infamous
adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的
参考例句：
He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。 I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

9 carnival
n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演
参考例句：
I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。 Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

10 rental
n.租赁，出租，出租业
参考例句：
The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。 We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-02-22