(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
This is AP News Minute.
As Texas remains in the grip of an unprecedented freeze, US Senator Ted Cruz was seen at the airport in Cancun after reportedly purchasing a ticket home Thursday. Cruz said he had traveled to Mexico for a family vacation, leaving his home state as thousands of constituents struggled without power or safe drinking water.
House lawmakers grilled the CEO of online trading platform Robinhood as they examine the recent wild swings in the price of GameStop stock. Keith Gill, a GameStop enthusiast known online as Roaring Kitty also testified. The company shares soared 1,600% in January thanks in part platforms like Robinhood.
Democrats unveiled a major immigration overhaul that would offer an eight-year pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status. The legislation reflects the immigration reform priorities that President Joe Biden laid out on his first day in office.
And a NASA rover has landed on Mars in a quest to bring back rocks that could answer the question whether life ever existed on the red planet.
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重点解析
1.As Texas remains in the grip of an unprecedented freeze, US Senator Ted Cruz was seen at the airport in Cancun after reportedly purchasing a ticket home Thursday.
freeze 冰冻
The heat wasn't on and the house was freezing.
暖气没有开，房子里冰冷。
2.As Texas remains in the grip of an unprecedented freeze, US Senator Ted Cruz was seen at the airport in Cancun after reportedly purchasing a ticket home Thursday.
unprecedented 前所未有的
We are now witnessing an unprecedented increase in violent crime.
我们现在看到暴力犯罪空前增多。
参考翻译
这里是美联社一分钟新闻。
由于德克萨斯州仍处于前所未有的寒潮状态，美国参议员特德·克鲁兹被拍到现身坎昆机场，据报道，他周四购买了一张回家的机票。克鲁兹表示，他和家人因为到墨西哥度假，所以离开了家乡，与此同时，成千上万的选民因断电或缺乏安全饮用水而苦不堪言。
众议院议员在调查GameStop股价最近的大幅波动时，盘问了在线交易平台Robinhood的首席执行官。GameStop爱好者基斯·吉尔(Keith Gill)也出庭作证，他在网上被称为“咆哮的凯蒂猫”(Roaring Kitty)。得益于Robinhood等平台，该公司股价在1月份飙升了1600%。
民主党公布了一项重大的移民改革方案，将为美国境内大约1100万没有合法身份的人提供一项为期8年的入籍途径。这项立法反映了乔·拜登(Joe Biden)总统上任第一天提出的移民改革重点。
美国航空航天局(NASA)的一辆漫游者已经登陆火星，试图带回一些岩石，以回答火星上是否曾经存在生命的问题。
