AP 2010-02-08
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(二月)
1. President Barack Obama's budget is getting a frosty reception from Republicans on Capitol Hill. Several say the president's plan features too much new debt. Obama's multi-trillion-dollar budget, aimed at reviving the economy, includes tax cuts for businesses and help for the unemployed 1.
2. Toyota's head of Motor Sales is apologizing to the company's customers. And some dealers 2 say they'll stay open around the clock to fix cars affected 3 by a recall. Toyota says its dealers should be getting parts this week to fix a sticky gas pedal problem.
3. Haiti's government is calling for the prosecution 4 of ten Americans who were arrested while trying to bus 33 children out of that country. The Americans have called their actions a rescue mission. Investigators 5 are trying to determine whether human traffickers were involved.
4. Actor Rip Torn is free on a $100,000 bond after spending the weekend in jail. He's accused of breaking into a Connecticut bank Friday with a loaded revolver while intoxicated 6.
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She was intoxicated with success. 她为成功所陶醉。
- They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented. 他们酩酊大醉，东南西北全然不辨。