CNN 2008-10-23
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十)月
From the CNN Center, in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin, here is our NOW IN THE NEWS update.
It seems as if that 700-billion-dollar rescue plan to prop 1 up banks and other big financial institutions is losing support. A brand new CNN poll shows that forty percent of those questioned are in favor of the bailout, that is a six percent drop though from just two weeks ago. Fifty six percent of those polled say they oppose the plan. But those polled do support the government helping 2 homeowners who can't make their mortgage payments. Fifty eight percent are in favor of that, forty percent are against it.
Merck and Yahoo meanwhile have both announced large layoffs 3. Merck is cutting 7, 200 jobs after the drug giant saw a 28 percent profit drop in the recent quarter. Yahoo also plans to cut 1, 500 jobs in an effort to cut costs as well. Altogether in last month, employers laid off 236, 000 workers.
Jury deliberations have just started in the trial of Senator Ted 4 Stevens. The Alaska Republican is charged with lying on Senate financial documents about thousands of dollars renovation 5 and other gifts he apparently 6 received from a contractor 7 and others. Stevens is of course seeking reelection for a senate seat that he has held now for forty years.
Three children and a fifty seven-year-old woman were killed in this deadly early morning house fire in Michigan. It erupted overnight in the Highland 8 Park area which is just outside Detroit. And officials say it quickly spread to four other houses. The woman's son escaped with his infant daughter, girl friend and the mother of three children. A family member told Detroit affiliate 9 station WDIV that a space heater, may have started this fire. Investigators 10 haven't determined 11 that as of yet.
And a man veiled on weapons charges has now been identified as a person of interest in the kidnapping of a Nevada boy. Police in Nevada also say that the 48-year-old man was arrested on Friday, but didn't say how exactly he is connected to this case. Cole Puffinburger was kidnapped by suspected Mexican drug dealers 12 but then found safe just days later. The boy's grandfather and the man's companion were being detained as witnesses.
Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source online, on TV or on your cell phone. Take care!
- A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
- The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
- Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
- The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
- The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
- The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林，一直都是黑熊的避难所。
- Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
- What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。