CNN 2008-09-30
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(九)月
Hello！I’m Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. And here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
The 700-billion-dollar federal bailout plan has failed in the House. The vote was 228 to 205 against. There won’t be a revote today. The proposed bailout is intended to buy up troubled debts freeing up banks to begin lending again.
Citigroup is buying Wachovia Bank thanks to a deal brokered 1 by the Federal Government. The all stock transaction is worth 2.2 billion dollars. Regulators say Wachovia customers won’t see any service interruptions and their deposits are protected. Wachovia is the country’s fourth largest bank.
It’s the latest bid to salvage 3 the North Korean nuclear deal. The US is sending senior diplomat 4 Chris Hill to Pyongyang to meet with North Korean leaders. In the past two weeks, the North Koreans have taken steps that could reverse the disabling of its Yongbyon nuclear reactor 5 and reprocessing facilities. The steps have come amid unconfirmed reports that North Korea’s leader may be seriously ill.
Republican Senator Ted 2 Stevens of Alaska wants his corruption 6 case thrown out of court. He made the request today after the prosecution 7 sent a key witness home with information that wasn’t disclosed to the defense 8. The judge says the move raises a suspicion that the government is trying to hide information that might help Stevens. Today the judge slammed the prosecution but suggested that he is not inclined to dismiss the case.
In the southeast, a gasoline shortage has some people waiting up to two hours to fill up. "When you pass by, too many of us passed by, that did not have any gas. You turn around and get to ask something you don't. But you know, even if you are not that low." Industry experts say panic buying is making the problem worse. Pipelines 9 that supply the Southeast have been operating at less-than-normal capacity since Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit the Gulf 10 Coast. Almost all refineries 11 are back on line though.
All right! Those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN, for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
- Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白
- 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。
- All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
- The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
- Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
- The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
- 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。
- The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
- Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。