美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-31
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(一)月
AP NEWS 2008-01-311. The Fed continues to drop interest rates, cutting short-term rates by a half point, moving to combat an economic slowdown and weakness in financial markets. This follows last week's dramatic rate drop. And more cuts may be coming.
2. John Edwards is giving up his pursuit of the Oval Office. He dropped out of the race in New Orleans. And he's confident a Democrat 1 can take back the White House. He stopped short of endorsing 2 Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
3. A blast of winter is hitting the Northeast after leaving the Midwest, sending temperatures diving, blinding drivers with snow and icing roads. So far, five deaths are blamed on the storm.
4. In suburban 3 Chicago, a man moves off this busy commuter 4 rail line just in time before a train collides with his minivan. Then a second train finishes off the vehicle, sending it on fire. The man was cited for drunk driving.
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
- Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网