美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-12
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(三)月
1.As expected, the federal budget deficit 1 is climbing skyward. It’s hit 765 billion dollars in just the first five months of the fiscal 2 year and it’s well on its way to the administration’s projection 3 of 1.75 trillion for the whole year. The blame goes to a slump 4 in tax revenue, and a surge in spending on the bank bailout.
2.In Alabama, investigators 5 haven’t been able to figure out what triggered the gunman’s rampage that left 11 dead including his mother and himself. But officials said 28-year-old Michael McClendon had a list of those “who’d done him wrong.”
3.Tonight’s rescheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed yet again, this time because of a hydrogen leak. NASA hopes to get the mission to the space station underway tomorrow night.
4.Chris Brown withdrew from the Kid’s Choice Awards. The embattled pop star, who was arrested for allegedly attacking his girlfriend Rihanna, was up for two awards.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.skyward: adv.
up into the sky or towards the sky
2.projection: n.
a statement or calculation about what something will be in the future or was in the past, based on information available now
3.hydrogen: n.
a colourless gas that is the lightest of all gases, forms water when it combines with oxygen
4.be up for: phrase
when you are up for an award, you are one of the nominees 6.
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
- Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
- The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。
- She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
- Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
- 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》