Obama: US Must End 'Single-Minded' Focus on Iraq　(1/2)
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Senator Obama laid out a five-part foreign policy strategy that begins with keeping his commitment to pull most U.S. troops out of Iraq within 16 months of taking office.

"This war diminishes , the initial's our security, our standing in on the world war, our military, our economy, and the resources that we need to confront the challenges of the 21st century. By any measure, our single-minded and open-ended focus on Iraq is not a sound strategy for keeping America safe. I am running for president of the United States to lead this country into a new direction."

Obama is preparing for a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan later this month. He said he intends to shift some combat brigades from Iraq to Afghanistan if he is elected in on November.

"The central front in the war on terror is not Iraq and it never was. And that's why the second goal of my new strategy will would be taking the fight to Qaida ... in Afghanistan and Pakistan."

Obama also pledged to lead an international effort to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists and rogue rouge states, to move the U.S. towards energy independence and to rebuild international alliances.

Glossary
1. lay sth. out (often passive) arrange sth in a planned way 有计划地安排某事物 
    e.g.: lay out a town, garden
            a well laid out magazine
2. diminish  /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/  vi/t. (cause sth to) become smaller or less; decrease
3. single-minded a. only thinking about one particular aim or goal because you are determined to achieve sth  一心一意的，专诚的
4. open-ended a. without any limits, aims or dates fixed in advance 
5. brigade n.旅（陆军的编制单位）
6. Qaida  卡塔尔
7. rogue /rəug US roug/ n. 恶棍，流氓
 

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 Chinese and Taiwanese banks---Finally thinking Strait (1/2)

 The first steps in what could become more financial integration in Greater China

XIAMEN, the 19th-century tea port known to the British as Amoy, became in the 20th century a fortified front line in China’s struggle with Taiwan. For many years one of the only things it exchanged with Taiwan was artillery fire across the narrow strip of water that separates it from the Taiwan-controlled island of Kinmen.

But since it was made a “[---①(phrase)---]” in the 1980s, Xiamen has boomed, largely thanks to investment by Taiwanese firms. Its ties with what China still regards as a renegade province could grow even tighter soon, as both China and Taiwan consider reforms that could encourage [---②(phrase)---], and, conceivably, greater financial integration across Greater China.

The world’s attention has been focused on the Chinese tourists who arrived, with the novelty value of astronauts, in Taipei on July 4th. But since President Ma Ying-jeou  [---③(phrase)---] in May, his government has also taken steps to liberalise financial services between Taiwan and China.

The first move was the decision, just before Mr Ma took office, by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), the main  [---④(phrase)---], to allow Fubon Financial to take a 20% stake in Xiamen City Commercial Bank. With the FSC’s blessing, Fubon, which is one of Taiwan’s largest banks, can now complete the deal through its Hong Kong subsidiary, technically making it a national transaction for the Chinese. The China Banking Regulatory Commission, the Beijing-based industry regulator, has indicated it may give the deal its blessing next month. If it does, Fubon will become the first Taiwanese bank to have operations on the mainland.

It is not a giant first step. Xiamen City Commercial is a small, regional bank with just over $2 billion in assets and 30-odd branches. [----------⑤(sentence)----------] Xiamen City Commercial’s Chinese customers will feel “er mu yi xin”— a change for the better, says Victor Kung, a boss of Fubon Financial.

MY ANSWERS
 

1. special economic zone      (大写)

2. cross-strait banking

3. took office

4. financial regulator

5. Yet the deal enables Fubon financial to keep closer relations with its Taiwanese business clients on the mainland. The bank also hopes to introduce Taiwanese management techniques to a banking sector that is reckoned to be 10 or 15 years behind the island's.

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GLOSSARY
1. fortify v. [Tn, Tn.pr] ~sth (agaisnt sth) strengthen (a place) agaisnt attack, by bguilding walls, etc. 防卫（某地）（筑围墙等）
   e.g.: fortify a town against invasion         a fortified city
2. artillery /ɑːˈtɪləri US ɑːr-/  n. [U] heavy guns (often monted on wheels) used in fighting on land 大炮
3. renegade /ˈrenɪgeɪd/ n.(fml derog) person that deserts a cause, political party, religious group, etc. （事业、政党、宗教团体等的）背叛者，叛党者，叛教者，叛徒，变节分子
4. conceivable a. that you can imagine or believe
5. novelty  /ˈnɔvəlti US ˈnɑː-/ n.[U] quality of being novel; newness; strangeness 新奇，新颖，奇异
6. astronaut n. 宇航员
7. liberalise vt. free (sb/sth) from political or moral restrictions  

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Higher food prices may be here to stay as demand from developing countries and production costs rise, says the UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The high food prices are already hitting many people in their pockets

It warned that the current spike in global food prices was higher than previous records, partly because bad weather had ruined crops.

Although high prices will ease off, other factors, such as rising biofuel demand, will keep future costs high.

The FAO said speculators were also to blame for volatile commodity markets.

Soaring bills

The FAO's annual Outlook report predicted beef and pork prices might be 20% higher by 2017, wheat could be up to 60% more expensive and the cost of vegetable oils might rise by 80%.

Prices will level off at a far higher average level than seen before the crisis erupted. The long era of cheap food is over David Loyn, BBC international development correspondent Long era of cheap food is over

World prices for wheat, maize and oilseed crops doubled between 2005 and 2007, and while the FAO expects these prices to fall, the decline may be slower than after previous spikes.

As well as key factors such as weather, supply and demand and energy costs, speculators are also to blame for making commodities prices more volatile, the FAO says.

It is also concerned about the increasing use of crops for biofuels.

"Biofuels are the largest new source of demand for agriculture and are causing higher prices," said Merritt Cluff, one of the authors of the report.

"We are very worried particularly about biofuel policy. US government incentives for ethanol producers are distorting the market," he added.

Looking ahead, climate change may also affect crop harvests, pushing up prices further.

But the hardest-hit by rising food costs will be the poorest people on the planet, where a large share of income is spent on food, the FAO warned.

"We are hugely concerned about the poorest and we expect the number of undernourished people to rise," said Mr Cluff.

The FAO believes the commodity boom has forced some in the developing world to spend more than half their income on food, particularly those countries that have to import much of their food.

But even the its outlook may be too conservative, as the BBC's International development correspondent David Loyn highlighted, predicting price of black gold was a near impossible task.

"One key assumption made is that crude oil prices will peak at $104 a barrel by 2017. The price is already well above that, and some reputable analysts are now predicting oil will go to $200 a barrel," he said.

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And he added that while there may be a drop in food prices in coming years, "there is a sting in the tail.

"Prices will level off at a far higher average level than seen before the crisis erupted," he said. "The long era of cheap food is over."

Rising food bills have triggered protests, riots and panic buying in some developing countries.

Earlier this month, the FAO calculated the amount of money being spent globally on importing food was set to top $1 trillion (£528bn) in 2008, a 26% rise on the previous year.

However, the food crisis could also shift the epicentre of global agriculture from developed to developing countries and the FAO predicts that emerging economies will dominate in the production and consumption of most basic foods in 10 years.

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Step1：先泛听一遍了解大意，并回答以下三个问题。 1. According to the program: what is the big fear by the Chinese authorities? (from First Up: Quake Lake Threat) 2. According to the segment: Why is the number eight traditionally considered to be lucky in China?? (from Unlucky 8 ) 3. Who is one of three full-time musical arrangers? (from Name that Anthem ) Step2：请听写下面三个空格部分。 ALINA CHO, CNN REPORTER: It may be the worst-kept _____4_____ Chinese secret: 8 is a lucky number. That's why the Beijing Olympics will begin on August 8, 2008, or 8-8-08. In Chinese, the word for eight is similar to the word for _____5_____, so the Chinese people believe eight and prosperity are connected. The number 8 is everywhere: People try to get married on the 8th, and a Chinese airline paid more than a _____6_____ million dollars to get this phone number: eight 8s. So, if that's the case, why are the blogs on fire with this: eight is a "curse for China"? (from Unlucky 8, 2:45 ) 可以将听写先写这个文本框中，copy后再回复。请采用“楼主可见”。 以上题目以及参考答案由sunmoon4425提供，还有很多不足之处，欢迎大家踊跃挑刺！点击图片进入讨论组，同时对材料的疑问也欢迎大家在小组提出来：）

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My Anwers:
1. Dam will burst and send a catastrophic world of water sweeping down string.
2. In Chinese the word for eight is similar to the word for wealth.
3. Sfc. Micheal Brown
4. acient
5. weath
6. quater

 

 

 

Step1:

1. The big fear by the Chinese authorities is that the dam will burst and send a catastrophic wall of water sweeping downstream.

2. In Chinese, the word for eight is similar to the word for wealth, so the Chinese people believe eight and prosperity are connected.

3. Sergeant First Class Michael Brown.

Step2:

4. ancient

5. wealth

6. quarter

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全部文本:

 

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Welcome to a new broadcast of CNN Student News. Thank you for spending part of your Wednesday with us. I'm Carl Azuz.

 

First Up: Quake Lake Threat

 

AZUZ: We're starting things off in China, where so-called "quake lakes" are forcing evacuations in Sichuan province. That's the region where this month's deadly earthquake occurred. We told you yesterday how the tremors caused landslides that dammed up a river, creating one of these lakes. Well, the water's rising about six feet a day, and officials are worried that the dam could give way and cause major flooding. Hugh Riminton looks at the impact on the area's residents.

 

HUGH RIMINTON, CNN REPORTER: Once again, in the earthquake zone, there are people setting up tents, anything they can find; camping out in the open. These, in many cases are the new homeless. It's all down to this new threat: the "quake lakes," and particularly one of them, the largest. The water has backed up to the depth of nearly half a mile, more than 725 meters deep. That is the water now that has amassed behind a fundamentally unstable rock wall.

 

The big fear by the Chinese authorities is that the dam will burst and send a catastrophic wall of water sweeping downstream. They made a precautionary order a few hours ago telling 158,000 people to evacuate to higher ground by midnight. That deadline has now passed. People are crowding to any spare space they can find along the side of waterways, under trees, anywhere that takes them away from the river. The further addition to the fears and the anxieties in the area: two further strong aftershocks that took place in the last few hours; one 5.4 magnitude, the other 5.7.

 

Meanwhile, the attempts to reduce the dangers on this rock wall continue. There are soldiers with explosives; they've also brought in bulldozers to try to clear a slipway. They've had some success with that already, draining away some of the water, relieving some of the pressure behind this wall. But they certainly do not believe it is safe yet. There are plans potentially for the evacuation of well over 1 million people. Hugh Riminton, CNN, Chengdu, China.

 

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Unlucky 8

 

AZUZ: Many of the numbers associated with this earthquake are huge: more than 67,000 people killed; 21,000 missing; 45 million residents affected in Sichuan province. But there's also a focus on a smaller number: eight. In Chinese culture, eight traditionally has a positive meaning. But some people are looking at how the number's connected to a few events that have taken place this year. As Alina Cho tells us, for them it's adding up to bad news.

 

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ALINA CHO, CNN REPORTER: It may be the worst-kept ancient Chinese secret: 8 is a lucky number. That's why the Beijing Olympics will begin on August 8, 2008, or 8-8-08. In Chinese, the word for eight is similar to the word for wealth, so the Chinese people believe eight and prosperity are connected. The number 8 is everywhere: People try to get married on the 8th, and a Chinese airline paid more than a quarter million dollars to get this phone number: eight 8s. So, if that's the case, why are the blogs on fire with this: eight is a "curse for China"?

 

Three recent events: all negative, all linked to the number 8. First, a massive snowstorm blankets China on January 25th; 1 plus 2 plus 5 equals 8. Second, widespread protests against Chinese rule in Tibet. Date: March 14th; 3 plus 1 plus 4 equals 8. Third, a devastating earthquake hits Sichuan province, killing tens of thousands on May 12th; 5 plus 1 plus 2 equals 8. And the quake hits 88 days before the start of the Olympics.

 

CHO: Is this a lucky number? Is it an unlucky number? So, which is it?

 

ROSE WELSH, NUMEROLOGIST: Well, it's both.

 

CHO: Rose Welsh is a numerologist. She says eight on its side is a chain, like a chain of events.

 

WELSH: It was waiting to happen, that.

 

CHO: You're saying they should have known?.

 

WELSH: They did know.

 

CHO: But on the streets of Beijing, many believe it's just a bad coincidence. Says this man: "It's nonsense. It's just superstition." And in New York's Chinatown...

 

RANDY FUNG: My old house was 404. 4 is a bad number in Chinese, but nothing happened to me.

 

CHO: But maybe that's because 4 plus 4 equals 8. Now, a lot of people we talked to in China believe all of this eight business is just a coincidence; many still believe eight is a lucky number. And there is currently no talk about changing the start date for the Olympic Games. Alina Cho, CNN, New York.

 

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Word to the Wise

 

LLOYD: JOHN LORINC, CNN STUDENT NEWS: A Word to the Wise...

 

numerology (noun) the study of numbers and their supposed influence on life

 

source:http://www.dictionary.com/

 

Name that Anthem

 

LLOYD: AZUZ: Changing tunes now, learning songs is nothing for you chorus members, even if the words are in another language. But for many of us, it's hard to understand lyrics in English, let alone Croatian or Swahili. But that's all part of the job for the U.S. Army Chorus. Jill Dougherty sounds off on this group that works out of an international songbook.

 

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U.S. SERGEANT SINGING.

 

JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN REPORTER: It's Pakistan's most popular patriotic song; a hit in the Urdu language: just part of this rehearsal repertoire for the U.S. Army Chorus. They sing in more than 30 languages; folk songs, hymns, even a Croatian wedding song or two. Since it was founded more than 50 years ago, the chorus has performed for presidents, visiting dignitaries, high-level international delegations

 

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS BOB MCDONALD, U.S. ARMY CHORUS: When we start to sing in their language, you see that they stand up straighter and they walk tall and they smile! Which is really, you know, special.

 

DOUGHERTY: These chorus members are soldiers, but they're also musicians, most with advanced degrees from some of the best conservatories in the United States. Here in their rehearsal hall at Fort Myer, Virginia, is where the long process of selecting the right international music begins.

 

STAFF SGT. JASON GOTTSHALL, U.S. ARMY CHORUS: For a lot of countries that we encounter, we don't even have music from that country to begin with. So, part of the research is, what do we sing?

 

DOUGHERTY: The chorus can turn to the U.S. Army Band library, with its national anthem database; anthems from the world's approximately 200 countries. Sergeant First Class Michael Brown is one of three full-time musical arrangers.

 

SERGEANT FIRST CLASS MICHAEL BROWN, U.S. ARMY CHORUS: From time to time, countries will change their anthem..

 

DOUGHERTY: So, what do you do? Do you play it on the phone?

 

BROWN: Right.

 

DOUGHERTY: The chorus often checks with foreign embassies in Washington or the U.S. State Department. Each anthem must be verified before it's performed. Singing the wrong one could create an international incident. The library has the sheet music for more than 60,000 songs, in almost every language on Earth; enough to keep the U.S. Army Chorus singing for years to come. Jill Dougherty, CNN, Ft. Myer, Virginia.

 

(END VIDEO CLIP)

 

Shoutout

 

LORINC: Time for the Shoutout! Which of these phrases does NOT appear in "The Star-Spangled Banner"? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) The mists of the deep, B) Foul footstep's pollution, C) In triumph doth wave or D) United States of America? You've got three seconds -- GO! The national anthem makes no mention of the USA. The other phrases appear in the poem's lesser-known verses. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

 

Promo

 

AZUZ: Summer's almost here, and we want to know what you think were the most memorable stories of this school year. The presidential race, natural disasters, steroid use in sports: What did you find the most interesting or important? Head to our blog at CNNStudentNews.com and tell us your picks for the top stories of the year!

 

Before We Go

 

AZUZ: Before we go, one family's tradition of being prepared.

 

TOM BOGGESS, EAGLE SCOUT: We believe we are the only living, four-generation Eagle Scouts in the country.

 

AZUZ: This is Thomas Shelton Boggess II through V, and each one has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Normally, this honor is awarded to scouts who are 15 and 16, but Thomas V earned it at just 13 years old. The 8th grader wanted to accomplish the goal for his great-grandfather, Thomas Jr., who's 96. Now that he has, there's one more thing the four family members share: an incredible sense of pride.

 

Goodbye

 

AZUZ:Those superlative and eagle-eyed scouts wrap up today's show. We'll see you right back here tomorrow. I'm Carl Azuz..

 

GLOSSARY

1. give way 让路；让步，退让；倒塌

2. bulldozer /ˈbuldəuzə US -douzər/ n.[C] 推土机

3. slipway 滑道：延伸到水里的倾斜面，船只在其上修造或维护

4. blanket v. [Tn, Tn.pr] ~sth (in/with sth) cover sth completely

  e.g.: The countryside way blanketed with snow/fog.

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A Nasa spacecraft has sent back historic first pictures of an unexplored region of Mars.

The probe has sent back pictures of a flat landscape with few rocks

The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth.

The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water-ice thought to be buried beneath the surface.

It will begin examining the site for evidence of the building blocks of life in the next few days.

A signal confirming the lander had reached the surface was received at 2353 GMT on 25 May (1953 EDT; 0053 BST on 26 May).

Engineers and scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California clapped and cheered when the landing signal came through.

"Phoenix has landed - welcome to the northern plain of Mars," a flight controller announced.

The final seven minutes of the probe's 10-month journey to Mars were regarded as the hardest part of the mission.

The probe had to survive a fiery plunge through the planet's thin atmosphere, slowing from a speed of nearly 21,000km/h (13,000 mph).

Soft landing

It released a parachute, used pulsed thrusters to slow to a fast walking speed, and then descended the last few metres to the Martian soil to land on three legs.

The Nasa team monitored each stage of the descent and landing process through radio messages relayed to Earth via the Odyssey satellite in orbit around Mars.

"In my dreams, it couldn't have gone as perfectly as it did tonight," said Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager at JPL.

Nasa found out more about the landing when pictures from the probe reached the Earth.

The first images showed the "Arctic plain" where Phoenix came to rest - a region of Mars that has never been seen up close before.

Other shots confirmed that the probe's solar arrays had unfurled successfully, and that it had landed safely on its legs.

The spacecraft will begin its three-month science mission in the next few days.

The probe's solar arrays were unfurled successfully

It will use a robotic arm to dig through the protective Martian topsoil and lift samples of both soil and ice to its deck for scientific analysis.

Dr Tom Pike of Imperial College, London, is part of the British team involved in the project.

"The main goal of the mission is to get below the surface of Mars to where we are almost certain there is water," he told BBC News.

He said orbiters flying around Mars had surveyed the landing site in great detail and found signs that water ice is buried 10cm or less below the surface.

"Water, of course, is of critical importance because it is one of the building blocks - one of the essential habitats we need - for life," he said.

High failure rate

Landing on Mars is a notoriously tricky business. There has been about a 50% failure rate on all Mars missions since Russia launched the first one in 1960.

The probe's feet sat neatly on the surface, according to this picture

Phoenix is an apt name for the current mission, as it rose from the ashes of two previous failures.

In September 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft crashed into the Red Planet following a navigation error caused when technicians mixed up "English" (imperial) and metric units.

A few months later, another Nasa spacecraft, the Mars Polar Lander (MPL), was lost near the planet's South Pole.

Phoenix uses hardware from an identical twin of MPL, the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander, which was cancelled following the two consecutive failures.

The probe was launched on 4 August 2007 on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Bush Wants Free Trade with Colombia (1/2)
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MY ANSWERS
1. challenged the United States       challenges the United States to aim high
2. set foot on the lunar surface
3. the classic sight fight movie          sci-fi
4. reshapes                                      breaks shapes
5. and his convictions are vacated   vindicated

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GLOSSARY
1. commit v. [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t] ~sb/oneself (to sth/to doing sth) make it impossible for sb/oneself not to do sth, or to do sth else, esp because of a promise; pledge sb/oneself 使某人/自己不能不做某事或不做另事（尤指因又承诺）；向某人/自己保证
  e.g.: I can't come on Sunday: I'm already commiteed.
        commit oneself to a course of action 决定采取一行动
        Signing this form commits you to buying the goods.
        This regiment is already committed to (ie It has been settled that it will fight on) teh easten front.
2. premiere  /ˈpremieə US prɪˈmɪr/  n. the first public performance of a film/movie or play
3. convict v.[Tn, Tn.pr] ~sb (of sth) (of a jury or judge) declare in a lawcourt that sb is guilty (of a crime) 判罪
   e.g.: She has twice been convited of fraud.
4. conspiracy /kənˈspɪrəsi/ n. ~(to sth/to do sth) 阴谋活动（尤指共同犯罪）
   e.g.: accused of conspiracy to murder
         a conspiracy to overthrow the Government
5. vindicate vt. (fml) clear (sb/sth) of blame or suspiction 澄清（sb/sth）受到的责难或现已
   e.g.: The report fully vindicated the unions.
         I consider that I've been completely vindicated.

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英语常用并列连词，如and, but, so, yet, for, nor, or, not only…but also, either…or或 neither…nor等连接两个或几个同等成分，这种结构称为并列结构。连接的同等成分可以是两个或几个动词的宾语、两个或几个名词的定语、两个或几个介词短语等。如果并列连词连接的是两个或几个简单句，则构成一个并列句，使用并列结构可以使文字简洁，结构紧凑，并避免重复。[/color]

　　1. But the individualist approach, by attacking gender roles, denying the significance of physiological difference, and condemning existing familial institutions as hopelessly patriarchal, has often simply treated as irrelevant the family roles important to many women.

　　分析：句中由by引导的三个并列平行结构表示原因。treated as…结构使用了倒装结构，因为the family roles后面有修饰成分，故将其置后。

　　译文：而个人主义的方法由于攻击性别角色，否定生理差别的重要性，攻击现存的家庭体制是不可救药的父权制，结果把对许多妇女来说非常重要的家庭角色完全视为无关紧要了。　　

2. There is no complete inventory of positions or people in federal service at this level. The lack may be explained by separate agency statutes and personnel systems, diffusion among so many special services, and the absence of any central point (short of President himself) with jurisdiction over all upper-level personnel of the government.

　　分析：介词by 后面的separate…personnel systems, diffusion…special services和the absence of…the government为三个并列成分。表示缺少详细记载的原因。句中一些词要转译。

译文：这个级别的联邦政府官员和职位没有完整的记载。对此（缺少详细记载）所做的解释可能是，各部门的条例和人事制度各不相同，分布的特殊服务部门太多并缺少一个中心机构（总统本人除外）来管理所有的政府高级官员。

　　3. He refuses to consider sufficiently the wants of the customer, who must buy, not the thing he desires but the thing the English gentleman wants to sell.

　　分析：动词consider 后面的宾语是the wants of the customer。 非限定性定语从句who must buy… 修饰the customer，not the thing …but the thing…是并列成分。

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他们不肯充分考虑顾客的需要，顾客必须买的不是他们所希望买的东西，而是英国绅士想要卖的东西。

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China's earthquake zone has been warned to prepare for heavy rains which could hamper further relief efforts.

There are fears that lakes created by the earthquake could burst. Enlarge Image

There are concerns that construction of temporary shelters for five million homeless could be delayed, while water levels in dams and lakes remain high.

A 5.8 magnitude aftershock hit the area on Sunday, and was felt in Beijing, though there were no reports of damage.

State TV said one person was killed and several hundred injured in the tremor, which further damaged buildings.

It was one of the strongest of about 8,000 aftershocks detected since the 7.9 quake on 12 May.

The tremor thought to be the biggest, measuring 6.0, came six days after the quake and killed three people and injured more than 1,000.

Earlier a survivor was pulled from the rubble in Mianzhu, more than 11 days after the quake, state TV said.

Eighty-year-old Xiao Zhihu, who was partially paralysed before the quake, was trapped under a pillar of his house.

QUAKE STATISTICS Up to Sunday 20 May: 62,664 people dead 358,816 injured 23,775 still missing More than 5.4 million homeless 638,305 rescued and resettled More than 8,000 aftershocks, biggest 6.0 69 dams faced danger of collapse, 310 in dangerous state and another 1,424 facing moderate risks Source: Chinese government Sichuan tourist trail in ruins

He had been fed by his wife while trapped and was in a stable condition, the reports said.

Government officials said the death toll had now risen to 62,664, and few more survivors are expected to be found.

Rescuers are still searching for 24 miners trapped underground by the earthquake in three mines, but it is not known whether they are still alive.

Premier Wen Jiabao has said the final death toll could be more than 80,000.

More than five million buildings collapsed in the earthquake and more than five million people are homeless, officials say.

Dam fears

Sunday's aftershock sent residents of the provincial capital Chengdu running out into the streets.

It was centred on Qingchuan, some way to the north of the epicentre of the main earthquake.

Rains are expected later on Sunday and on Monday, which forecasters said would be torrential in some areas and could cause mudslides.

There is also continuing concern over the state of dams in the region, and a number of new lakes formed by the force of the earthquake.

China's Water Ministry said 69 dams were at one time in danger of bursting, although steps have been taken to reduce the risk.

More than 300 more were affected by the earthquake, it added, saying many had been drained or had their water levels reduced.

There have been no reports of any dams breaking.

Thirty-four lakes were created in the province when landslides blocked rivers, Xinhua news agency said.

Satellite images reveal a lake forming in Beichuan County See full size images

Eight held more than three million cubic metres of water and a lake at Tangjiashan, less than 3km (two miles) from Beichuan town, had doubled in size in four days.

Troops carrying explosives are heading for the lake to dig a sluice channel to allow a controlled release of water and prevent it from bursting.

GLOSSARY

1. paralyse /ˈpærəlaɪz/ vt. to make sb unable to feel or move all or parts of their body 使麻木，使瘫痪
2. drain v. [I,Tn] (cause sth to) become dry as liquid flows away （使）流走，流干
3. explosive n. 炸药
4. sluice /sluːs/  n. 水门，水闸

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今日作业~~ 奖励标准:全部完成可得100HY,只做第一个作业没有奖励.

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1.复习单词,临摹一遍有助于记忆哦~包括最后的财经词汇积累,不要忘记啦~
2.将今天学的3个单词造句,注意,不是按照原来的意思,而是引申意思~~
3.去Fionaの学习小组，可以添加材料或者复习复习，随便的，呵呵

1.dead heat 这个单词来源于田径.heat:预赛,比赛中的一轮; dead heat:不分胜负,参赛者不相上下的赛跑.

引申意思:没有人获胜;不知谁胜谁负

eg. These two movies are in a dead heat for the best female actor award at the Oscars.
这两部电影在争夺奥斯卡最佳女演员奖中难分伯仲.

 

2.in-your-face 源自篮球.指篮球运动员的眼珠直直地瞪着对方,言行粗暴公然挑衅对手.可能是从”Get out of my face(离我远一点)”这一表达方式演变而来的.

引申意思:挑衅,肆无忌惮,故意要惹是生非

eg.Some describe the American spy plane missions along the Chinese coastline as in-your-face intelligence collection and an ostentatious display of power.

一些人将将美国侦察机在中国沿海的活动描写为肆无忌惮的、虎视眈眈的情报收集和炫耀自己实力的行为。

3.kick off 源自足球。在足球赛中，球赛的每半场开始或进球后，由一方开始表示开始比赛或继续比赛。

引申意思: 开始

eg. We should like to kick off our weeklong conference with a tribute to those who died trying to save lives and public properties during the 2002 flood.

我们想在开始我们为期一周的会议之前，先向在2002年洪灾中为了抢救生命和公共财产而牺牲的英雄们致敬。

我的作业：
1. Democratic Party's primary election is a dead heat. Nobody can tell who is going to be nominated.
2. The Unrest of March 14 is an in-your-face challenge to all Chinese people.
3. The post-quake campaign of recontruction kicks off.
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因为两天一期了,所以内容稍微丰富一点啦~财经专题开始前,我们先每次积累一点,加油加油~~

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kicker 促销品
在债券发行上,这是指为提高债券销路而附送给投资人的甜头,如允许将债券转换成股票的认股权证.

Bought Deal 全数包销

承销商(underwriter)或牵头承销商(lead manager)承诺将拟发行的证券全数买下来，再转售二级市场。全数包销令发行人得以将无法按发行价卖出整批证券的风险转移到承销商身上。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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