VOA标准英语2012--Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration 1
A record crowd, as large as 1.8 million people, jammed into Washington’s National Mall in January 2009 to see the historic swearing-in of the first African-American president.
Obama’s public swearing in this time will be on January 21, one day after the start of his second term because that day will fall on a Sunday. This inauguration is likely to attract a smaller crowd -- forecast at between 600,000 and 800,000 people.
Yet, Army Major General Errol Schwartz, commander of the 6,000 National Guard soldiers who will manage the crowds, says preparations have not changed.
“Even though the crowd set is smaller, we are still looking at what are the possibilities that may occur within the smaller crowds,” he explained.
Washington’s big event will still be just that.
A joint 2 Congressional committee has spent $1.2 million on the platform at the Capitol, where Obama will take the oath, and on the ceremony itself.
After the president is sworn in, gives his speech and attends a Congressional luncheon 3, the Presidential Inaugural 4 Committee takes over.
It manages the inaugural parade and related events.
Construction on the reviewing stand began shortly before the November election. From here, the president will watch the parade.
The stand will be finished just before the event...
And demolition 5 will begin the next day.
The military’s extensive involvement in Inauguration Day is coordinated 6 by the Joint Task Force, which includes all the military's branches.
Several thousand military personnel will take part in the ceremonies, including honor guards, color guards, bands and horse units.
Army Major General Michael Linnington leads those personnel. He says the participation 7 of people in uniform symbolizes 8 civilian 9 control of the military and the peaceful transfer of power.
"It is a symbol of our strength and our democracy, and I think it is an important event for us to do right in front of the eyes of the world," he said.
To see that the military aspects are done right, the Joint Task Force has built a giant map of Washington. Officers are are using the model of the nation’s capital to work out logistics, such as how to move hundreds of thousands of people into and out of the city, and how to keep the president and everyone else safe in the process.
- 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。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
- I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。
- 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。
- The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
- The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
- She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》