AP 2012-04-02
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(四月)
英语课
1. The Senate has rebuffed efforts to move ahead on a bill to repeal 1 tax breaks for oil companies. A vote to proceed failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority. President Barack Obama had pleaded for Congress to end subsidies 2.
2. Police in Florida have released surveillance video of George Zimmerman. It was taken soon after he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The teen's family says nowhere in the video do they see the injuries Zimmerman claims he suffered before the shooting.
3. Syrian President Bashar Assard says he will spare no effort to make the mission of UN-Arab League envoy 3 Kofi Annan a success. But he's demanding that armed opponents stop the violence against his regime. Annan is trying to broker 4 a solution to the crisis, which the UN says has killed more than 9,000 people.
4. The Mega Millions jackpot is now the largest in US lottery 5 history. It's topped 500 million dollars.
n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消
- He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
- He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。
n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
- European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
- Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排
- He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
- I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。