AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-04
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月
1.The United Auto 1 Workers union says it's going to make changes in its contract. The union also says it will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust. It's all an effort to save jobs and help Detroit's Big Three automakers avoid collapse 2.
2.President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary. Richardson is the first Hispanic that Obama has named to his rapidly forming cabinet. He is the second former campaign rival to be selected.
3.Police made a third arrest in the California shackled 3 teen case. This woman, the 17-year-old's aunt, was arrested last night. Two others were taken into custody 4 earlier Tuesday.
4.After leaving office, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush are headed back to Texas. The First Lady says the couple plans to buy a house in Dallas and they plan to spend their weekends at their ranch 5 in Central Texas.
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. 当时人质被铐在暖气片上。
- He was shackled and in darkness of torment. 他被困在黑暗中备受煎熬。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。