AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-04
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.With the economy on the brink 1 and elections looming 2, Congress approved an unprecedented 3 700-billion-dollar rescue package for the financial industry. Shortly after the vote, President Bush signed it Friday afternoon.
2.Stocks climbed as the House passed the financial rescue plan. At one point the Dow was up more than 300 points. But it's since given up all those gains and moved into negative territory.
3.Democratic vice 4 presidential candidate Joe Biden bid his son and other members of a Delaware National Guard unit goodbye as they prepared to deploy 5 to Iraq. Biden’s son, Beau Biden serves as a captain and lawyer in the 261st Signal Brigade.
4.The discovery of Steve Fossett's plane is bringing closure to his widow, 13 months after he vanished. But she hopes the millionaire thrill-seeker is remembered for his accomplishments 6, not his death. Officials say it appears Fossett's single-engine plane slammed straight into a Californian mountain on a cloudy day, killing 7 him instantly.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. brink n.
the verge 8 of a state or situation, typically an undesirable 9 one:
The country was on the brink of a crisis.
2.negative territory 负值范围／负值区域
在股市走势图中，以开盘价为基准，其上面的部位称作positive territory，而其下面的部份则是negative territory。
3.closure n.
(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
- The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
- The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
- The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
- They are the undesirable elements among the employees.他们是雇员中的不良分子。
- Certain chemicals can induce undesirable changes in the nervous system.有些化学物质能在神经系统中引起不良变化。