美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-03-17
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月
This is AP news minute.
1. President Donald Trump 1 announced Thursday that the administration will re-examine federal requirements, governing the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks. This challenges rules put in by the EPA under president Obama, that requires cars and trucks to have a fleet-wide average of 36 miles per gallon in real world driving by 2025.
2. The justice department is bringing its first hacking 2 charges against Russian government officials. Two Russian intelligence agencies and two hackers 3 are charged in a breach 4 of Yahoo that affected 5 at least a half billion user accounts.
3. The federal reserve will hike its key short-term rate by a quarter point. It's the second increase since December, 2015 and is showing confidence that the economy is stable.
4. And the nor'easter that pummeled New England is going to go down in the history box, as a third biggest snowstorm at the airport in the South Burlington, Vermont. Tens of thousands people also remained in the dark after strong winds knocked out power lines in Maine and New Hampshire.
Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒,他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面,他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。