美联社新闻一分钟 AP 参议员多数党领袖提议联邦大麻合法化

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Biden went to Capitol Hill to look for support for increased funding for domestic programs like infrastructure¹ and health care.

拜登总统前往国会山寻求支持，为基础设施和医疗保健等国内项目增加资金。

Senate Democrats² have agreed on a plan to spend an additional $3.5 trillion on domestic initiatives over the next ten years.

参议院民主党人已经同意了一项计划，即在未来10年内在国内计划方面额外支出3.5万亿美元。

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is sponsoring a bill that would make marijuana legal under federal law.

参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默正在发起一项法案，使大麻在联邦法律下合法化。

The idea is expected to face stiff opposition³ from Republicans and President Biden.

预计这一法案将遭到共和党人和拜登总统的强烈反对。

People in far Northern California are being warned to prepare to evacuate⁴ from a new, fast-moving wildfire.

加州北部的居民收到警告，准备从一场新的快速蔓延的野火中撤离。

The Dixie Fire is one of almost 70 active wildfires in the west.

迪克西大火是西部近70起活跃的火灾之一。

A judge in Los Angeles is letting singer Britney Spears choose her own attorney.

洛杉矶一名法官允许歌手布兰妮·斯皮尔斯自己聘用律师。

Spears is trying to end a conservatorship that allows her father and others to control her personal and financial decisions.

布兰妮正试图结束一种监护关系，这种关系允许父亲以及其他人控制她本人和财务决定。

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 democrats   

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》

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。