特朗普第一季度的薪资全数捐给国家公园管理局
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：2017年VOA慢速英语(四)月
During his campaign for the presidency 1, U.S. President Donald Trump 2 said he would not collect the yearly $400,000 presidential salary.
On Monday, the president followed through with his promise. Trump gave the money he has earned so far as president to the U.S. National Park Service.
The donation totaled $78,333.32.
Trump is the third U.S. president to have rejected a salary. John F. Kennedy and Herbert Hoover were the others. Both were extremely wealthy men like Trump.
Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, announced the first of Trump's donations during a daily press meeting Monday.
Spicer presented the donation, in the form of a large check, to Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke. The National Park Service is part of the Department of the Interior.
Standing 3 next to Zinke was Tyrone Brandyburg. He is superintendent 4 at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
Zinke said in a statement that Trump's gift will be used to help repair national battlefields and military parks within the National Park Service.
"These historic places tell the story of conflicts that helped shape our country's history," Zinke said. "I'm honored to help the president carry out his love and appreciation 5 for our warriors 7 and land."
However, critics say that Trump's donation to the National Park Service is small compared to the amount of money that it -- and the Interior Department as a whole -- may lose under Trump's proposed budget.
His plan would cut $1.5 billion dollars from the department, or 12 percent of its total budget.
The National Park Service says it needs almost $12 billion to pay for long-needed repairs to many of its more than 400 sites.
Zinke said Monday that "we're about $229 million behind in deferred 9 maintenance on our battlefields alone."
The National Park Service operates 25 sites that are considered battlefield parks or sites and military parks. Among the most popular is Pennsylvania's Gettysburg National Military Park -- the site of the bloodiest 10 battle of the Civil War. More than 1 million people visit that park each year.
I'm Ashley Thompson.
Words in This Story
salary - n. an amount of money that an employee is paid each year
charity - n. an organization that helps people who are poor, sick, etc.
appreciation - n. a feeling of being grateful for something
warrior 6 - n. a person who fights in battles and is known for having courage and skill
defer 8 - v. to choose to do (something) at a later time
maintenance - n. the act of keeping property or equipment in good condition by making repairs, correcting problems, etc.
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- 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。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
- He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
- I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
- I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
- The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
- A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
- I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
- The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
- We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
- We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
- The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
- a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划