美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-11
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2008年(十二)月
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is back on the job while he is out on bail 1. Blagojevich is at his office in Chicago a day after his arrest on federal corruption 2 charges. Prosecutors 4 say Blagojevich was trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's now vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder 5. The President-elect says it's time for Blagojevich to go.
And there may be a vote as early as this afternoon actually on a government bailout for the Detroit auto 6 makers 7. They could receive emergency loans next week if all sides agree on conditions. The federal government plans to appoint someone now to supervise just how the auto makers restructure their businesses.
Another side of the, another side-effect, I should say, of the slumping 8 economy, KODAK is freezing management salaries and will stop matching employees 401k contributions at a process to freeze executive pay for the 2009 year. This comes after several years of downsizing as KODAK adjusted its focus from the 35 millimeter film over to digital. Yesterday, KODAK's stock was down 67%.
Convicted murder Brian Nichols may find out today if he receives the death sentence or not. A second day of deliberations on his sentence continues in Atlanta. Nichols of course was found guilty last month in a March, 2005 killing 9 spree that started at a downtown Atlanta court house. Nichols confessed to the four murders but claimed he was legally insane. A prosecutor 3 in the case is calling for the death sentence, saying that Nichols is extremely, extremely dangerous.
The United Nations has now updated the death toll 10 in Zimbabwe. It says that nearly 800 people have died and more than 15, 000 have been infected in a recent cholera 11 outbreak in the country. In all, the UN estimates that the number of cholera cases is nearly 16, 000 since just August.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize was given away in Norway this morning. It went to a former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. Now he helped negotiate the peace deal between Indonesia and the anti-government rebels. Among other things Ahtisaari is calling on President-elect Barack Obama to give high priority to the Middle East conflict in the first year in office.
Those are your headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day. CNN is always your source on line, on TV or on your cellphone.
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- 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 defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- 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。
- TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
- The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hong Kong's slumping economy also caused a rise in bankruptcy applications. 香港经济低迷，破产申请个案随之上升。
- And as with slumping, over-arching can also be a simple postural habit. 就像弯腰驼背，过度挺直也可能只是一种习惯性姿势。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- 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。