时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2009年(三)月


英语课

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I am Naamua Delaney. Thanks for checking in with us and here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.


Today President Obama hosts an online town hall meeting to answer questions from the public about his 3.6-trillion-dollar budget, the economy and what's been done to fix it. The event is expected to begin at 11:30 AM Eastern.


Treasury 1 Secretary Timothy Geithner is back on Capitol Hill today. Geithner is expected to unveil plans to expand the power of government watchdogs, among the expected proposals setting a limit on risk-taking at companies considered vital to the nation's economy. Large firms would have to have more cash reserves on hand and the government will be given the power to take over non-banking financial institutions.


No much time to lose in Fargo, North Dakota. As residents and volunteers scramble 2 to fill sandbags and build dikes. The Red River could crest 3 at a record of 41 feet sometime Saturday. Evacuation plans are ready just in case. North Dakota isn't the only state bracing 4 for dangerous weather, southern states are on watch for extreme thunderstorms.


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues her trip to Mexico to talk trade and the growing drug violence on both sides of the border. Drug cartels are blamed for more than 6200 killings 5 in Mexico last year. Clinton says the Unite State shares the blame for Mexico's drug wars and pledge to boost cooperation to improve security in both countries.


Ahead of next week's G-20 summit, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in Brazil where he is to meet with the country's president. His visit comes on the heels of his stop in New York and at the UN where he denounced corporate 6 greed and protectionism. He also called for a coordinated 7 response to reshape the world economic order and its regulatory structure.


IBM is expected to announce that it plans to lay off about 5,000 employees; these cuts make up four percent of IBM's workforce 8 in the United States. This comes after January layoffs 9 when IBM cut thousands of workers.


All right, be sure to stick with CNN.com 24/7 for news from around world and of course we will have updates right here throughout the day.



1 treasury
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • 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。
2 scramble
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料
  • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
  • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
3 crest
n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖
  • The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
  • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。
4 bracing
adj.令人振奋的
  • The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
  • The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
5 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • 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。
6 corporate
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
7 coordinated
adj.协调的
  • The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
  • The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
8 workforce
n.劳动大军,劳动力
  • A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
  • A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。
9 layoffs
临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 ); 停工,停止活动
  • 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
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学英语单词
a streaker
a.m.
adenanthrea microsperma l.
AGA,A.G.A.
air cleaner
annual ring density
Bayerbach bei Ergoldsbach
Bence-Jones protein
blacklers
cagewashes
cartographic design
cerebral irritation
chief executives
ciprofibrate
clutter rejection
coherent brittle stage
commutator-controlled weld
cryogenic technology
digital to image conversion
discipleships
double faced hammer
dress
drewe
Dunnet
eeps
efficiency factor
enthalpy of swelling
equatorial system
exterior varnish
exult over
farigue
Fat Analysis Committee colour
flat billet
get his
Gojra
graynet
Guaranteed Death Benefit
half-binding
hexaquarks
high-sulphur fuel
improvement by lessee
injector feed
interaction volume
intoxilyzer
IP fragmentation IP
key variable
korahl
leakage spectrum
lenslets
linolenate
logolepsy
long - term care
loop termination
lql
lutnick
malgwyn
material for test
Medveditskiy
Metroval
mintels
miscellaneous asbestos product
Neolitsea pinninervis
newbattles
non-dividend payee
operational technical manual
penetration of grease
pole setting
pretell
primary mother-tree selection
production strategies
psauoscopy
Qarshi
random noise level
reference oscillator muting
reservoir sensitivity evaluation
reversible code
roller-ball
runners
salty milk
scarifie
see sth with half an eye
sentenceable
shilt
Shimabara-hantō
simple radical
special transfer paper
steinhausers
sulphur cement mortar anchor
superefficiency
temperature classification
thelephoid
theory of growth
thermal processes
thrash over
tooth abscess
USB stick
velascas
vermilions
voltaic irritability
wad hamid
with expedition
zygoplast