AP 2011-08-06
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. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit 1 that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code.
2. A stalemate that has partially 2 shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September. Nearly 4,000 federal employees have been laid off and the cost in lost tax revenue will be an estimated $1.2 billion.
3. Rain and wind gusts 3 from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico. The storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
4. And seconds after being knocked down when a man driving a stolen car hit a police cruiser, a British officer left to his feet and gave chase, eventually Tasered the suspect who was sentenced to nearly two years in jail.
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。