英语学习笔记三

可可英语新闻听力：

A reporter asked Tillerson about any perceived discrepancy between his and President Donald Trump's stance on diplomacy and military actions.

      Discrepancy [dɪˈskrɛpənsi] 矛盾

      Stance [stæns] 立场 态度

Guterre said any military action on the Korean Peninsula could have devastating and unpredictable consequence.

      Peninsula [pəˈnɪnsələ] 半岛

      Devastating 英[ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ] 灾难性的

The women has already been qualified and they are ecstatic.

      Ecstatic [ɛkˈstætɪk] 出神的，狂喜的

新闻阅读：

New Year’ s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from the prior year. 

The welder bent to his work with determination

      welder [ˈwɛldɚ] 焊工

She wanted to get back to Puerto Rico eventually, but here, for her, was opportunity — the chance to stand under a hot shower for as long as it took to take away the chill of the day. （Story about  21 girl Gretchen Velez move from Puerto Rico to a plant in US to de-bone Turkey  U.S. companies see opportunity in exodus from storm-ravaged Puerto Rico）

      Exodus : [ˈɛksədəs] 离开