AP 2011-11-20
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(十一月)
英语课
1. New York is girding for a day of potential unrest. Occupy Wall Street organizers say they are planning to go ahead with a show of civil disobedience Thursday. They will be joined by city leaders who have denounced the raid that cleared the park protesters were using.
2. Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is facing tough questions over some huge payments he received from Freddie Mac. The federally backed mortgage lender is said to have paid him at least 1.5 million dollars for consulting contracts.
3. Authorities say they have made an arrest in last week's shooting that hit the White House. Oscar Ortega-Hernandez was detained in Pennsylvania, no motive 1 has been listed.
4. Kirk Gibson and Joe Maddon are taking honors for being baseball's top managers. Gibson led the Arizona Diamondbacks to the National League West title, Maddon guided the Tampa Bay Rays to the postseason.