AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-23
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月
1. Stocks close sharply lower as investors 1 worry that the economy is poised 2 to weaken even as frozen credit markets slowly start to show signs of recovery. The Dow Jones Industrials ended down 515 points after being down nearly 700 points in the final half hour of trading.
2. A new poll suggests that Barack Obama and John McCain are in a tighter race. The Associated Press-GFK poll shows the two almost even among likely voters, with Obama at 44% and McCain at 43% among voters surveyed. Three weeks ago, the poll gave Obama a seven-point lead.
3. Officials at Western Kentucky University say they've sent text messages warning students to seek shelter after reports of shots fired on campus. A building on the university's south campus was evacuated 3 after someone reported seeing people with weapons. But police haven't found any.
4. British billionaire Richard Branson is hoping to set a new trans-Atlantic record for a single-hulled sailboat. He and his children have left New York on a 99-foot ultra-modern racing 5 yacht. He hopes to be in southwest England within six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
the main part of a ship that goes in the water.
Ultra- is added to adjectives to form other adjectives that emphasize that something or someone has a quality to an extreme degree.
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
- Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
- The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。