AP News一分钟新闻：特朗普无权挪用军费建边境墙
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【TRANSCRIPT】
This is AP News Minute.
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled Friday that diverting $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build the wall illegally sidesteps congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds.
Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid a virus surge across the South and West. The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000.
The Democratic-controlled house approved a bill Friday to make the district of Columbia the 51st state, saying congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed full voting rights, no longer subject to "taxation without representation."
A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out the International Space Station for battery work. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror floated away at about a foot per second.
Adapted from http://www.kekenet.com/broadcast/202007/613687.shtml
【VOCABULARY】
1. sidestep v. to avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem 回避，规避（问题等）。例如：Did you notice how she neatly sidestepped the question? 你有没有注意到她多么巧妙地回避了那个问题？
2. amid prep. in the middle of or during sth., especially sth. that causes excitement or fear 在……过程中；在……中。例如：He finished his speech amid tremendous applause. 他在雷鸣般的掌声中结束了演讲。
【QUESTIONS】
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
This is AP News Minute.
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of (Q1) _______________________ to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled Friday that diverting $2.5 billion from (Q2) __________________________ to build the wall (Q3) _______________ sidesteps congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds.
Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid (Q4) __________________ across the South and West. The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of (Q5) _________________.
The Democratic-controlled house approved a bill Friday to make the district of Columbia the 51st state, saying congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed (Q6) ____________________, no longer subject to "taxation without representation."
A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of (Q7) ___________ orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing (Q8) ______________________ as soon as he stepped out the International Space Station for (Q9) ________________________. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror floated away at about (Q10) _____________________.
【KEY】
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
This is AP News Minute.
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of (Q1) military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals ruled Friday that diverting $2.5 billion from (Q2) military construction projects to build the wall (Q3) illegally sidesteps congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds.
Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid (Q4) a virus surge across the South and West. The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of (Q5) 40,000.
The Democratic-controlled house approved a bill Friday to make the district of Columbia the 51st state, saying congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed (Q6) full voting rights, no longer subject to "taxation without representation."
A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of (Q7) junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing (Q8) a small mirror as soon as he stepped out the International Space Station for (Q9) battery work. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror floated away at about (Q10) a foot per second.