时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年10月


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CARL AZUZ: It appears a series of tweets has cost a businessman millions of dollars and part of his job. That's the settlement between Elon Musk 1, a billionaire who co-founded the Tesla Car Company and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which aims to protect investors 2 and keep markets fair. In August, Musk tweeted that he'd secured the money to take Tesla from a publicly held company to a privately 3 held one. Investors liked that idea. The tweet caused Tesla's stock to rise. But government investigators 4 said, Musk has not secured that money. That he mislead investors with the tweet so the SEC sued him. Musk called the lawsuit 5 unjustified and said he always acted in the best interests of truth, transparency and investors.


But on Saturday, he agreed to settle the suit by paying a $20 million fine and stepping away from his job as Chairman of Tesla for three years. Musk is still the company's Chief Executive Officer but losing the Chairman position could mean his power within Tesla is limited. As part of the agreement, the company has also been ordered to pay $20 million for not properly policing Musk's tweet.


Updating you now on the confirmation 6 process for a U.S. Supreme 7 Court nominee 8. Last Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to recommend that Judge Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed to the Supreme Court. That advances his nomination 9. It's now u?p to the full Senate to make the final vote on whether to confirm President Donald Trump 10's nominee. But that vote like the one that the Senate Judiciary Committee has also been delayed because of some Senator's concerns about the testimony 11 we reported on in last Friday's show. President Trump has ordered a new FBI investigation 12 into some of the accusations 13 made against Judge Kavanaugh. That investigation is expected to last a week and the full Senate is expected to hold it's vote after that wraps up.



1 musk
n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物,香猫
  • Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
  • She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。
2 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • 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
3 privately
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
4 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • 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》
5 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
6 confirmation
n.证实,确认,批准
  • We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
  • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
7 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
8 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
9 nomination
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
10 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
11 testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
12 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
13 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
学英语单词
abnormal behaviour sociology
Aenus
allomorphism
Altrich
amdt.
ampiah
batteners
be on the telephone
be welcome to
beardo
benzcurine iodide
Bisacody
bits per inch
break bounds
burst of light
cacoa
cam disc
Castanopsis eyeri
catalca yarimadasi
channel dynamics
chinese martial arts
chins up
cilantroes
coherence carrier
Comayagua, Mts.de
converging-beam therapy
conversion tool
copper-wire arteries
cup-shaped hammper
deepwater drilling
deformation strain-energy
drayhorses
electromagnetic wave generator
Entada rheedii
error control techniques
fast colo(u)r salt
frame antenna
frame wall
full-body suit
gausman
genus capsellas
genus Opuntia
greble
Harrison red
hay-rack
high temperature insostatic pressing
house dust
hydriding
image-antenna constant
infrared detection diode
ingot breaker
island conjunction
item record
Komga
large scale digital computing system
liu tai hsiao wu
llong (wales)
massi
megatons equivalent (mte)
metadolerite
methyl heptane
mog
mosaic area
muff-diving
mushroomburgers
muxer (multiplexer)
novomycin
number of steps of speeds
o'ryan
octave analyzer
okermanite (kermanite)
over load rating
Parietti's bouillon
photographic sortie
pipe major
pressure decrease
Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal ulcer
put it another way
pyrophobia
quasi-proprietary right
Quetzalapa
random access memory (ram)
rig-up
royet
salivary juice
sangster
sarcoma of spleen
scaggs
seyni
sheet of vortex
som tum
standard sum
stoner-wohlfarth model
T agglutinin
textile finishing agent
thermal rating
ultrasonograms
un penned
unamo
volatilizing loss
what's the betting?
Zolotonosha