CNN 2008-11-11
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
It is a symbolic 1 rite 2 of passage -- the outgoing president welcoming the new president-elect to the White House. President Bush and President-elect Obama will hold an Oval Office meeting today. They're expected to discuss the presidential transition and issues facing America like the economy and national security. First Lady Laura Bush will also take future First Lady Michelle Obama on a tour of the White House.
The nation's auto 3 industry is struggling not to crash amid the spiraling economy. Top Democrats 4 are urging the Bush administration to consider including car companies in the 700-billion-dollar bailout plan. Ford 5, Chrysler and General Motors are being battered 6 by the credit crisis and poor sales of gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles.
Circuit City, the nation's NO.2 electronics store is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 7 protection. Circuit City will continue operations during reorganization. The company will cut 700 more jobs, close 150 stores and exit big markets like Atlanta and Phoenix 8.
With many people still missing, an angry crowd is demanding action at the site of a collapsed 10 school near Haiti's capital. UN peacekeepers are struggling to keep the crowd at bay as rescue workers use dogs and sonar equipment to find any reminding, supplementing survivals. The school collapsed three days ago. An official says hopes of finding anyone alive are growing dim. The disaster killed more than 90 people and wounded another 150. Haiti's president blamed political instability and lawlessness for the school collapse 9.
Award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba has died of a heart attack in southern Italy. The artist, known as Mama Africa, was an icon 11 and in the struggle against the apartheid. The former South African government was so unhappy with her activism. It revoked 12 her citizenship 13 in 1960s and banned her music. She performed with music legends such as Harry 14 Belafonte and Paul Simon. Miriam Makeba was 76.
Well those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- This festival descends from a religious rite.这个节日起源于宗教仪式。
- Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty.大多数传统社会都为青春期的孩子举行成人礼。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
- Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
- It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
- A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。