英语新闻听写 副总统确认自己新的办公室主任人选

 

According to a report by Reuters, US Vice¹ President Mike Pence chose a familiar White House figure, Marc Short, to serve as his new chief of staff.

据路透社报道，美国副总统迈克·彭斯选择了马克·肖特作为他的新幕僚长，后者是他熟悉的白宫人物。

Short reportedly served as a top legislative² aide for President Donald Trump³ until he left in July.

据报道，肖特曾担任唐纳德·特朗普总统的高级立法助理，直到七月份离职。

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said, "He has a strong relationship with the vice president.

据白宫发言人莎拉·桑德斯说，“肖特和副总统彭斯的关系很好。

Everybody feels like it will be a good fit." Reuters reports that Short, who worked with Pence before he became vice president,

每个人都觉得他是个很合适的人选。”据路透社报道，在彭斯成为副总统之前，肖特曾与他共事。

left the White House in July to join the University of Virginia's Miller⁴ Center as well as a Washington consulting firm.

七月，肖特离开白宫，加入了弗吉尼亚大学米勒中心以及华盛顿的一家咨询公司。

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。