AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-16_在线英语听力室

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1. On Wall Street, another volatile¹ day. The Dow Jones Industrial is falling 733 points, the second largest point loss ever. Stocks dropped on disappointing economic news including a big drop in retail² sales.

2. Tonight is the last time presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain face-off. This time debating at Hofstra University on New York's Long Island. Topics include the economy and other domestic issues.

3. Vice³ President Dick Cheney gets treated at a Washington hospital for an abnormal heartbeat. The second time in less than a year Cheney has gotten a procedure. Doctors say Cheney's heart rhythm has returned to normal.

4. High above Newark, New Jersey⁴, a high wire daredevil takes a bike-ride at 135 feet up without a net. He wants a place in the record books for the longest distance and greatest height travelled by a bike on a wire.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Procedure: n.

a medical treatment or operation.

2. high wire: n.

a tightly stretched rope or wire high above the ground that someone walks along as part of a circus performance.

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1 volatile
adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质
参考例句：
With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。 His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

2 retail
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。 These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-16