美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
1. A guilty verdict for Neil Entwistle on two counts of first-degree murder. The British man was convicted of shooting to death his wife and infant daughter. Jurors rejected his claim that the woman had killed their baby and then committed suicide.
2. Police say six employees are dead at a western Kentucky plastics plant after an angry worker opened fire before committing suicide. The killings 1 stunned 2 the small town where officials say many of the residents know a worker at the plant.
3. The Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged. The federal funds rate, the rate that banks charge each other remains 3 at two percent. The Fed cited both high uncertainty 4 about the inflation outlook and downside risks to growth.
4. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission held its annual fireworks safety demonstration 5 ahead of the Fourth of July celebrations. Last year nearly ten thousand Americans were treated for fireworks-related injuries. The CPSC says the best way to avoid injury is to leave the fireworks up to the professionals.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.verdict 判决，裁决
an official decision made in a court of law, especially about whether someone is guilty of a crime or how a death happened
2. benchmark interest rate 基准利率
Also called base interest rate, it is the minimum interest rate investors 6 will demand for investing in a non-Treasury 7 security. It is also tied to the yield to maturity 8 offered on the comparable-maturity treasury security that was most recently issued (on-the-run).
基准利率是金融市场上具有普遍参照作用的利率，其他利率水平或金融资产价格均可根据这一基准利率水平来确定。基准利率是利率市场化的重要前提之一，在利率市场化条件下，融资者衡量融资成本，投资者计算投资收益，客观上都要求有一个普遍公认的基准利率水平作参考。所以，基准利率是利率市场化机制形成的核心。
3.The federal funds rate 联邦基金利率
美国联邦基金利率（Federal Funds Rate）是指美国同业拆借市场的利率，是一家存托机构利用手上的资金向另一家存托机构借出隔夜贷款利率，是美国最重要的利率。
In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which private depository institutions (mostly banks) lend balances (federal funds) at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions, usually overnight.[1] Changing the target rate is one form of open market operations that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve uses to regulate the supply of money in the U.S. economy
4. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (U. S. CPSC)美国消费品安全委员会
is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect “against unreasonable 9 risks of injuries associated with consumer products”.
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- 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
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
- This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
- I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
- They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。