AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-24
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1.President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats 1 are seeking to ease Republican concerns about a massive economic stimulus 2 plan. The president and top Democrats met at the White House with GOP leaders and promised to consider some of their recommendations.
2.There's a new face going into the Senate. New York representative Kirsten Gillibrand was tapped to fill Hilary Clinton's post. The governor says she's the best person for the job.
3.Crews in Australia are struggling to save a number of whales that beached themselves. Only a handful of the 45 are still alive and crews are pouring water over them as they wait for high tide.
4.Remember this from the inauguration 3? That's Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman playing just before the swearing-in. Well, we’ve learned that what you heard wasn't what they were playing but rather a recorded audio tape.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.tap: v.
to pick, to choose somebody to fill a vacant position in an organization or a corporation, ect.
2.beach: v.
if a whale beaches itself or is beached, it swims onto the shore and cannot get back in the water
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
- Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。