美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-03-14
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(三)月
1. A change at the top in New York. Lieutenant 1 Governor David Paterson is taking over for disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer. In a press conference, Paterson said if legislators can pass the budget on time, the state will be back on track.
2. A teenager charged with killing 2 a student leader at the University of North Carolina is now charged with killing a graduate student at Duke University. It's not clear if the two cases are connected, although robbery was involved in both cases.
3. Chrysler is telling its workers to take a vacation, a mandatory 3 two weeks in July. The automaker says the shutdown will boost productivity and efficiency.
4. American Idol 4 meet Afghan Star and to be this woman, one of the finalists, a first in the post-Taliban Afghanistan. Under that regime, women were not allowed outside of their homes alone with music and television banned. The winner takes home around five thousand dollars, a small fortune here.
- He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
- He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。