美联社新闻一分钟 AP 众议院批准华盛顿特区成为第51个州

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

The White House is bringing out billionaires like Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg to help sell President Biden's climate plans for the US economy.

白宫邀请比尔·盖茨和迈克·布隆伯格等亿万富翁，帮助宣传拜登总统为美国经济制定的气候计划。

The president is holding a two day summit on climate change and pledged to cut US fossil fuel emissions¹ as much as 52% by 2030.

总统正在举行为期两天的气候变化峰会，并承诺到2030年将美国化石燃料排放量削减52%。

Hundreds of people attended Daunte Wright's funeral in Minneapolis.

数百人参加了在明尼阿波利斯市举行的道恩特·赖特（Daunte Wright）的葬礼。

The 20-year-old Black man was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 11th.

4月11日，这名20岁的黑人男子在明尼苏达州布鲁克林中心的一次拦车盘查时被枪杀。

Protesters in Elizabeth City, North Carolina are calling for answers after one or more deputy sheriffs shot a man to death.

一名或多名副警长开枪打死一名男子后，北卡罗来纳州伊丽莎白市的抗议者要求当局给个说法。

Andrew Brown was killed as authorities tried to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants.

安德鲁·布朗（Andrew Brown）在当局试图对其进行与毒品有关的搜查和逮捕时被射杀。

The House passed a plan to make Washington DC the 51st state. The measure faces stiff opposition² in the Senate.

众议院通过了一项计划，使华盛顿特区成为全美第51个州。这项措施在参议院遭到强烈的反对。

1 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

2 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。