AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-24
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 has vowed 1 to cut the country's budget deficit 2 in half by the end of his first term. He said he believes the time has come for a frank discussion about the problem. The deficit is projected to turn over 1.3 trillion dollars this year.
2.Britain's foreign secretary says he’s pleased with the return of Binyam Mohamed. Muhamed is the first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office. The British government has been fighting for his release since 2007. He's flown back to Britain today.
3.Republican Senator Jim Bunning apologized to Supreme 3 Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying he believed she could die within a year from pancreatic cancer. Doctors diagnosed the 75-year-old justice and removed a small tumor 4 this month. Ginsburg was in court Monday, 18 days after her surgery.
4.All 70-year-old Walter Hoover wanted to do was watch some cable TV but his service was shut off. Police say that's when Hoover got upset and fired a shot into the TV. The Webb City, Missouri man surrendered peacefully after a two-and-a-half-hour standoff.
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- 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。