AP 2012-02-06
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(二月)
1. Donald Trump 1 is backing Mitt 2 Romney for president. The TV personality and business mogul says he likes how Romney performed in debates as well as his stance on China.
2. Newt Gingrich says he believes we should care about the very poor. This comes just a day after Romney, his GOP rival, said he was focused on helping 3 the middle class as poor people have a safety net.
3. President Barack Obama says his Christian 4 faith influences his economic policies, including his call for the wealthy to pay more in taxes. He said at the National Prayer Breakfast that his tax policies coincide with the teaching of Jesus that "unto whom much is given, much shall be required."
4. It looks like six more weeks of winter are ahead of us, if you believe this guy. It's Groundhog Day and the famed Punxsutawney Phil indeed saw his shadow this morning.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。