CNN 2008-09-16
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(九)月
And hello I'm Brooke Baldwin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here’s a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Bleak 1 day on Wall Street as Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy 2. The storied investment bank spent the weekend looking for suitors, but when talks fell through, the only option was bankruptcy. The effect on the US market was profound. The Dow Jones dropped by hundreds of points in the first minutes of trading.
And the official numbers put the death toll 3 from Hurricane Ike at 15 in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Millions of people in Texas are without power right now and thousands have no clean drinking water. Gulf 4 Coast residents whose homes, as you can see here, just damaged or many of them destroyed by the storm will have to stay even longer in shelters.
And you might have noticed the change in gas prices after Hurricane Ike. AAA says the national average has jumped 17 cents since Friday. It is now sitting at $3.84 and some people, can you believe this, they are paying more than 5 bucks 5 a gallon in some parts of the country. Analysts 6 say that should be temporary because Ike did not cause as much damage as feared.
And in Nigeria a rebel group is making good on a declaration of an oil war. Rebels claim they have stormed a Shell Oil facility and burned it to the ground. That attack comes just one day after the group sent a warning to companies. The rebel group wants the government, the Federal government to send more revenues to the impoverished 7 oil producing south.
And you just saw some live pictures from Las Vegas. Opening statements have begun in the O.J. Simpson’s trial. He and a former golfing buddy 8 pleaded not guilty to 12 different charges including kidnapping, armed robbery, and conspiracy 9. Just over a year ago, Simpson and five other men confronted 2 sports memorabilia dealers 10 in a Las Vegas hotel room. Prosecutors 11 say some of the men were armed. Simpson says he was only trying to reclaim 12 some of his stolen personal property. If convicted of the most serious charge here, both men could go to prison for life.
And those are some of the headlines this hour. Of course stay with CNN for more on those stories and other news of the day.
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
- 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 hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
- Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。