美联社新闻一分钟 AP 拜登称美国的银行系统是安全的

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Biden insisted the nation's bank system is safe, after the second and third largest bank failures in US history.

在美国历史上第二大和第三大银行倒闭之后，美国总统拜登坚称，美国的银行系统是安全的。

Regulators guaranteed all deposits at silicon¹ Valley Bank and Signature Bank and created a program to shield other banks.

监管机构为硅谷银行和签名银行的所有存款提供担保，并制定了一个保护其他银行的计划。

South Korea says North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea.

韩国称，朝鲜向海上发射了两枚弹道导弹。

One day earlier, the US and South Korea began military drills, which the North claims is practice for an invasion.

此前一天，美国和韩国开始了军事演习，朝鲜声称这是入侵朝鲜的军事演习。

Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is expected to testify before a grand jury in New York again this week.

唐纳德·特朗普的前律师迈克尔·科恩预计本周将会再次在纽约的大陪审团面前作证。

He testified on Monday.

他在周一作证。

The grand jury is investigating hush² money payments made on Trump's behalf.

大陪审团正在调查其代表特朗普支付的封口费。

New storms are moving into Northern and Central California, and forecasters are warning of more floods, wind damage and possible power outages.

新一轮风暴正在向加利福尼亚州北部和中部移动，天气预报员警告称，可能会引发更多洪水、风灾和停电。

Flooding forced more than 8,000 people to evacuate³ from an area of Monterey County.

洪水迫使蒙特利县一个地区的8000多人撤离。

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

3 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。