VOA标准英语2013--Cypriots Wait and Worry As Default Looms
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(三月)
Cypriots Wait and Worry As Default Looms 1
At a shop in Nicosia, flowers are in bloom. But the spirits of those who work there are wilting 2.
"We have a problem when the banks are closed. It's like we are the living dead. We can't make any withdrawals 3, we can't make deposits, pay our suppliers," said florist 4 Stelios Stylianou.
One shoe store in the capital is open and empty, as it has been for days. Totis Pelacanos owns the store. He wonders if lawmakers will find a solution. "I should hope so that they have a plan B after saying no. Otherwise, I don't know what's going to happen?," Pelacanos said.
Even though the banks are closed, cash machines have been open though some appear to be running out [of money].
In the seaside town of Limassol, the sun has been shining. But for many of the Russians who flocked there after the fall of the Soviet 5 Union, a European Union bailout plan that would have taxed their savings 6, though rejected, still has them rattled 7.
"From what I see from my friends, who are Russians and Ukrainians here, yes they are in a panic and I think it will affect the Cypriot economy because now people do not trust anymore. They do not trust banks, they are not secur,'' said Ekaterina Vitebskaya-Melas, who works as a luxury rental 8 car company
Until a solution is found, many in Cyprus are anxiously waiting, wondering just how much worse the cash crunch 9 can get.
- All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. 看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了。
- The petunias were already wilting in the hot sun. 在烈日下矮牵牛花已经开始枯萎了。
- He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句
- The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
- Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
- We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。