The White House announced a program to help restaurants lost business during the pandemic
白宫拨款振兴因疫情受创餐饮业
燕山大学 刘立军 供稿
TRANSCRIPT
This is AP News Minute.
New Education Department numbers show 54% of US elementary and middle schools offered full-time classroom learning in March. President Biden had a goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for in person learning during his first 100 days in office.
The White House says a program to help restaurants, bars and eateries that lost business during the pandemic is accepting applications. It says more than 186,000 businesses applied in the first two days.
Canada is now the first country to approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15. US and European authorities are reviewing the Pfizer vaccine and could green light it for that age group.
SpaceX successfully launched and landed its futuristic Starship in south Texas on Wednesday. The company hopes to use the spacecraft to send people to the Moon and Mars.
VOCABULARY
1. eatery n. (informal, especially North American English) a restaurant or other place that serves food 餐馆
2. green light n. permission for a project, etc. to start or continue 准许；许可；绿灯。例如：
The government has decided to give the green light to the plan. 政府已决定为这项计划开绿灯。
3. futuristic adj. imagining what the future will be like 幻想未来的；想象未来情况的。例如：a futuristic novel幻想未来的小说
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.
New Education Department numbers show 54% of US (Q1) ________________________ offered full-time (Q2) ____________________ in March. President Biden had a goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for in person learning during his first 100 days (Q3) ______.
The White House says a program to help (Q4) ___________________________ that lost business during the pandemic is accepting applications. It says more than 186,000 (Q5) _______________ applied in the first two days.
Canada is now the first country to approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for (Q6) __________ ages 12-15. US and European (Q7) _____________________ are reviewing the Pfizer vaccine and could (Q8) ____________________ it for that age group.
SpaceX successfully launched and landed its (Q9) ________________ Starship in south Texas on Wednesday. The company hopes to use the spacecraft to send people to (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.
New Education Department numbers show 54% of US (Q1) elementary and middle schools offered full-time (Q2) classroom learning in March. President Biden had a goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for in person learning during his first 100 days (Q3) in office.
The White House says a program to help (Q4) restaurants, bars and eateries that lost business during the pandemic is accepting applications. It says more than 186,000 (Q5) businesses applied in the first two days.
Canada is now the first country to approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for (Q6) children ages 12-15. US and European (Q7) authorities are reviewing the Pfizer vaccine and could (Q8) green light it for that age group.
SpaceX successfully launched and landed its (Q9) futuristic Starship in south Texas on Wednesday. The company hopes to use the spacecraft to send people to (Q10) the Moon and Mars.
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