AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月
1. President Barack Obama is sending Congress a hard-choices budget that tops three trillion dollars and would increase the deficit 1 to 1.75 trillion dollars by year's end. The plan would boost taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare payments to insurance companies and hospitals. It also makes a 634-billion-dollar down payment on universal healthcare.
2. Top GM executives are returning to Washington today. The nation's biggest domestic car maker 2 posted a 9.6-billion-dollar loss in the fourth quarter of 2008. Officials are asking for up to 30 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy 3.
3. A new unemployment report says the number of laid-off Americans receiving unemployment benefits now tops 5.1 million. The bigger-than-expected numbers provide fresh evidence of a deepening recession. Last week was the fifth straight week the number of unemployed 4 reached a new record high.
4. Fresh volcanic 5 eruptions 6 from a Chilean mountain top are forcing more evacuations. The 2700-foot volcano has been blowing its top for a week. The last 150 holdout residents have been relocated.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. Medicare:
a system by which the US government helps to pay for the medical treatment of old people
2. holdout:
A holdout is someone who refuses to agree or act with other people in a particular situation
- 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。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- 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。