AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-13
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十一)月
1. Gay marriage advocates are celebrating their victory in Connecticut today. A judge issued a final ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry. Within minutes, the New Haven 1 City clerk began issuing marriage licenses 2 and at least one ceremony has already taken place.
2. Treasury 3 Secretary Henry Paulson says the 700-billion-dollar Wall Street rescue plan has a new goal. Instead of buying troubled assets, the money will be used to prop 4 up financial markets that provide consumer credit like car and student loans. The consumer credit market has been frozen since Wall Street's September meltdown.
3. Louisiana authorities say a woman recruited for a Ku Klux Klan initiation 5 ritual was shot and killed after she tried to back out. Forty-four-year-old Raymond Foster is charged with second-degree murder. Seven other people are also being held in connection with the case.
4. This isn't the comic book Spiderman. Skyscraper 6 climber Alain Robert scaled a 33-story building in 45 minutes in Jakarta, Indonesia. He accomplished 7 the feat 8 with only his bear hands and without any safety equipment to the delight of hundreds of spectators.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. prop up: phr v.
to help an economy, industry, or government so that it can continue to exist, especially by giving money
2. Ku Klux Klan: 三K党
a secret American political organization of Protestant white men who oppose people of other races or religions
3. back out: phr v.
to decide not to do something that you had promised to do.
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
- Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
- The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。
- her initiation into the world of marketing 她的初次涉足营销界
- It was my initiation into the world of high fashion. 这是我初次涉足高级时装界。
- The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
- The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
- Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
- Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。