AP 2011-08-09
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(八月)
英语课
1. Top officials of Standand & Poor's are defending their decision to degrade the US government's credit rating. White House claims that it was a hasty decision based on faulty math, but the S&P says it was reasoned conclusion.
2. More than 20 elite 1 Navy Seals are said to be among the 31 US forces killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Taliban is claiming it shot it down and NATO says there was enemy activity in the area.
3. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been boycotting 2 his own sentencing. He was convicted this week and faces up to 119 years in prison, but he walked out of his sentencing Friday.
4. Many Italians hit hard by austerity measures are spending the holiday season at home. Research shows that more than half of the country's households are taking "staycation" instead of the usual trips abroad.
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )
- They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
- The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。