在线英语听力室

New U.S. Congress opens, Boehner elected House Speaker

时间：2011-01-06 08:00:42

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

（单词翻译）

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The 112th Congress of the United States was called to order on Wednesday, and John Boehner was elected (当选)Speaker in the House of Representatives.
    In his first address as the House's top member, Boehner focused on cutting the government's record deficit1 and creating jobs. He replaced Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat（民主党人） whose party lost to the Republicans last year in the mid-term elections.
    "Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt will soon eclipse the size of our entire economy. Hard work and tough decisions will be required," said Boehner.
    Before Boehner spoke2, Pelosi addressed the lawmakers and introduced Boehner.
    In the House of Representatives, 87 new Republican members and nine new Democrats3 were sworn in at noon, shifting control of the chamber4 officially to the Republican party. Republicans now hold a 242-193 edge in the House.
    After his address, which ended amid loud cheers from the chamber, Boehner took the oath of office and then administered the oath to the rest of the lawmakers en masse.
    On the Senate side, Vice5 President Joe Biden gave the oath of office to Senators, while the House began a long roll call that ended in Boehner's election.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）


分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 deficit tmAzu     
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
  • 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。
2 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
3 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 chamber wnky9     
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
参考例句：
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
5 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交，仅供参考，部分栏目没有内容，如果您有更合适的内容，欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。