AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-21
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. "...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
"So help you God."
"So help me God."
"Congratulations, Mr.President."
Barack Obama has been sworn in as the nation's 44th president of the United States. President Obama is the first African-American to hold the office. The Obamas started the day with a traditional church service, then they had pre-inauguration 1 coffee at the White House with now former President George W. Bush.
2. A crowd stretching from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial braved cold temperatures in Washington to witness Barack Obama taking the oath. Some projections 2 put the crowd at more than a million people, possibly the biggest inaugural 3 gathering 4 in history.
3. The event may also mark the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history. Among other things, authorities are monitoring intelligence that a Somali-based group may try to disrupt today's events.
4. Inaugural celebrations were also taking place overseas. Residents of President Obama's ancestral home in Kenya have come together to celebrate his taking office.
- 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。
- Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
- The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
- We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
- Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。