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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-04

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1.The United Auto1 Workers union says it's going to make changes in its contract. The union also says it will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust. It's all an effort to save jobs and help Detroit's Big Three automakers avoid collapse2.

2.President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary. Richardson is the first Hispanic that Obama has named to his rapidly forming cabinet. He is the second former campaign rival to be selected.

3.Police made a third arrest in the California shackled3 teen case. This woman, the 17-year-old's aunt, was arrested last night. Two others were taken into custody4 earlier Tuesday.

4.After leaving office, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush are headed back to Texas. The First Lady says the couple plans to buy a house in Dallas and they plan to spend their weekends at their ranch5 in Central Texas.

 


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1 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 shackled 915a38eca61d93140d07ef091110dab6     
给（某人）带上手铐或脚镣( shackle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. 当时人质被铐在暖气片上。
  • He was shackled and in darkness of torment. 他被困在黑暗中备受煎熬。
4 custody Qntzd     
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
5 ranch dAUzk     
n.大牧场，大农场
参考例句：
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

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