AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-05
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月
1.The White House is expected to roll out limits on what government-assisted financial firms can pay their executives. A senior administration official says top people of those companies will be held to 500, 000 dollars. Congress is weighing similar proposals.
2.Two members of Congress want to know more about the 400-million-dollar stadium naming rights deal between the New York Mets and troubled Citigroup. The 20-year deal was reached in 2006. Since then Citigroup has gotten 45 billion dollars in federal bailout aid and has cut 53,000 jobs.
3.Auto 1 sales continue to plummet 2, hitting a 27-year low. Chrysler’s domestic sales for January were less than half what they were a year ago. GM sales dropped 49%. Ford 3 was down 40%.
4.National Guard troops continue to knock on every door in parts of storm-ravaged Kentucky, looking for ice storm victims in need of help. More than 200,000 customers are still without power. The storm is blamed for 25 deaths in the Bluegrass State alone.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.roll out: phrase
to launch or introduce an initiative, product, etc.
2.weigh: vt.
to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it
3.Bluegrass State: n.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass present in many of the lawns and pastures throughout the state.
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
- Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。