CNN 2008-11-27
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
Hello from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long. It is Wednesday, November 26th. And here's a look at some of the stories making news right now.
Barack Obama is going back to the future for advice on fixing the faltering 1 economy. President-elect has appointed a familiar face to his economic recovery team. The president-elect named former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to lead a new economic recovery board. And the announcement came during the president-elect's third news conference this week. He said he would name other members of the board soon.
The FBI now looking into the possibility that al-Qaeda is planning an attack on New York's subway system. The FBI says it received a (quote) "plausible 2 but unsubstantiated report ". The terrorists would like to carry out an attack sometime during the holiday season. Authorities say they can't confirm that the plot has progressed beyond the planning stage.
For many of you, it's time to simply hit the road and get caught in this traffic for Thanksgiving. Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. AAA says the highways are gonna be packed, airports will be busy. Not like usual, however, AAA expects a 7% drop from last year. Analysts 3 blame that on the bad economy, higher air fares, and fewer flights.
The Food and Drug Administration says a single sample of infant formula in the U.S. has tested positive for trace amounts of the contaminant melamine. The Food and Drug Administration won't say yet who made it. It does say a check of all licensed 4 American baby formula milk makers 5 shows that they don't get any of their materials from China. Contaminated Chinese formula killed some babies and sickened thousands of them.
Some encouraging news in the fight against cancer. A report says new cases were down between 2001 and 2005 by close to 2% a year in men and by about a half percent a year in women. Doctors are accrediting 6 early detection and better treatment. They also say a slowing economy could stop progress since many people may lose their health insurance.
Those are the headlines making news this hour. Do stay with CNN and CNN.com for more on these stories or other news of today.
- The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
- I canfeel my legs faltering. 我感到我的腿在颤抖。
- His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
- Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
- Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？
- 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》
- One accrediting agency is the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 有一个资信鉴定机构是为了高等教育的。 来自互联网
- One accrediting agency is Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 高等教育授权委员会就是这样一个授权机构。 来自互联网