AP 2010-02-03
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(二月)
1. President Barack Obama is expected to ask for a three-year freeze on part of the federal budget during his State of the Union address tomorrow. The freeze would affect almost five hundred billion dollars in programs, but not touch the Pentagon, veterans programs, foreign aid or homeland security.
2. Lebanon's transportation minister says the pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines jet was flying the wrong way before yesterday's crash. He says the control tower asked the pilot to change directions. But he did a very fast and strange turn. All 90 people aboard are presumed dead.
3. John Travolta has flown to Haiti to aid in relief efforts. The actor and his wife brought a plane full of medical supplies with them. Travolta says he is using his celebrity 1 and money to help those in need.
4. It could be good news for the nation's retailers 2. A forecast, set to be released today, is expected to say retailers should see sales rise moderately this year, compared to a decline in 2009. Sales should rise 2.5% this year, but that is still down from the 4% average annual gain from 2000 through 2008.
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。