IN THE NEWS - New Mayor of New York City

IN THE NEWS -January 5, 2002: New Mayor¹ of New York City

By Caty Weaver²
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS.

Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of New York City on Tuesday. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani led a
ceremony in Times Square a few moments after the New Year began.

About five-hundred-thousand New Year’s Eve celebrants watched the event. It was the
largest public gathering³ in the city since the terrorist⁴ attacks on September eleventh.

A swearing-in ceremony had never been held in Times Square before. But, New York City has
changed since the destruction⁵ of the World Trade Center. Both Mister⁶ Giuliani and Mister
Bloomberg hoped that holding a ceremony in Times Square would help people feel safe in the
city. An official ceremony took place at City Hall later in the day.

Mister Bloomberg, a Republican⁷, is the one-hundred-eighth mayor of New
York. He defeated Democrat⁸ Mark Green in the election⁹ in November. The new mayor spent a
record seventy-million dollars of his own money on his campaign for the office.

This is the first political office Michael Bloomberg has held. He has been an extremely
successful businessman. Mister Bloomberg began his professional life in Nineteen-Sixty-Six as
a trader on Wall Street. In the early Nineteen-Eighties, he started a company that developed Rudolph Giulianiand sold financial information technology. He made hundreds of millions of dollars in the Giving his farewell
business. speech Dec. 27

In Nineteen-Ninety, Michael Bloomberg opened a financial news service. Bloomberg News grew quickly. Today,
it employs more than one-thousand people to provide news to media and companies around the world. The news
service led to Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg-dot-com on the Internet.

Political experts say Mister Bloomberg’s business skills could help New York solve its current economic
difficulties. The city has a four-thousand-million dollar budget deficit¹⁰. One -hundred-thousand people in the city
lost their jobs as a result of the terrorist attacks. And, a number of companies moved out of the city.

Mister Bloomberg also faces problems in the New York City public education system. The actions he takes
during his term could affect more than one -million students in the city.

Michael Bloomberg will lead New York while it makes difficult decisions about the future of the area where the
World Trade Center once stood. Some people feel the area should be made into a memorial for the thousands of
people who died there. Others want to see the Trade Center re-built to show that New York is not defeated.

The new mayor has not yet said what he thinks about these and other issues. However, he did make one promise.
He said Rudy Giuliani had asked him not to fail the people of New York. Michael Bloomberg answered, “Rudy,
I will not.
”

This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS was written by Caty Weaver. This is Steve Ember.

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1 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

2 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。

5 destruction   

n.破坏，毁灭，消灭

参考例句：

• The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
• Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。

6 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

7 republican   

n.拥护共和政体的人； adj.共和政体的，（Republican）共和党人，（Republican）共和党的

参考例句：

• Some families have been republican for generations.有些家庭世代都支持共和党。
• A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.第三个候选人已经加入角逐共和党提名的行列。

8 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

9 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。

10 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。