AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1.President Barack Obama heads to Capitol Hill this week, trying to gain Republican support for his economic stimulus 1 package. Republicans want the 825-billion-dollar plan tilted 3 more toward tax cuts. The House vote on the plan is expected Wednesday.
2.The impeachment 4 trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich starts today, but the governor will not be there. Instead Blagojevich starts a public relation blitz, appearing on several morning talk shows. Rod Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell the president's former Senate seat.
3.Despite calls for Sam Adams to resign, the mayor of Portland Oregon says he will be on the job today. Adams has admitted to lying about a sexual relationship he had with a young man he met as an intern 5. Adams, who's 45, says the relationship was only inappropriate because of the age difference.
4.China has welcomed in the Year of the Ox. The New Year celebrations were subdued 7 compared to years past. Global financial crisis has thrown two million Chinese out of work, dropping economic growth to a seven-year low.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
to move or make something move into a position where one side is higher than the other
2.blitz: n.
a big effort to make people notice something or buy something
something that is subdued performs worse than usual.
- 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。
- She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
- The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平，有点儿歪.
- Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
- She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。