AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-08
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. Senators 1 are having a rare workday today, although they reached the deal last night on the stimulus 2 plan, many are going to the floor to argue the case of President Barack Obama's legislation 3 to right the economy.
2. Sports Illustrated 4 is reporting that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids back in 2003. He won his first of three MVP awards that year and is considered by many to be the best hitter in the game today.
3. Vice-President Joe Biden has laid out the Obama administration's foreign policy principles to an international audience in Germany. He says the US is willing to talk to Iran, but isn't afraid to take action if the country doesn't abandon its nuclear ambitions.
4. There is no better way to welcome in the Year of the Ox than a jump into the ocean. About 100 people took the plunge 5 in Taiwan, young and old, in a tradition that is supposed to bring good luck for the coming year.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. slugger: n.
a baseball player who hits the ball a very long way
2. steroid: n. 类固醇
a chemical that the body produces naturally or that can be made as a drug to treat illness and injuries. Steroids are sometimes used illegally by people doing sports to improve their performance
- When the senators vote, the ayes will have it. 参议员投票时，投赞成票的人将占多数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct. 委员会断定议员们从事了不正当活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- They began to draft legislation.他们开始起草法规。
- The liberals band together against the new legislation.自由党员联合一致反对新的立法。
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。