美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-10

 It is Friday. I amK. This is CNN student news. Today we are going from the Gulf¹ of Mexico to the PersianGulf, and from marine² mischief³ to Finland /. First start though, shut down. 

No budge⁴ in the governmentbudget crisis on Thursday. The president and the democrats⁵ are on one side, republicanson the other. Wednesday evening, congressional leaders from both parties metwith President Obama at the White House, the result, no result. This partialgovernment shut down has to do with different views on government spending. Butthe anger about the president’s healthcare reform loan, commonly known as Obamacare, is involved here too. There is another potential battle looming⁶ in Washington.The country’s debt ceiling is the next subject and a deadline for that isgetting closer. 

 

Now let’s take alook at e next big hurdle⁷: a debt default. It is really critical that the UnitedStates continues to pay its bills on time. When you don’t pay your bills ontime, what happens? Your credit rating goes down; it will cost more to borrow money; It cost more to service the debt you already have. If the US would defaulton its bills, because on October 17th, it will got 30 billion cash on hand, and many much much more than that coming, turns into bills too. If theUS would default interest rates form sky rocket, the stock market could slide. It would hurt job creation again. Again a very fragile time again many casts say couldthrow the economy right back in to a recession. 

 

There is a storm growingthe Gulf of Mexico, just recently formed between Cuba and Mexico’s / peninsular.When we put the show together the system was a tropical storm, tropical storm Karen.Forecasters were saying, it was almost certain, it would strengthen to a hurricane.As the project past shows it headed for the US gulf coast, likely makinglandfalls somewhere between Louisiana and Florida /. That could happen Saturdaynight. So if you live in that area, please keep an eye on the local forecast. 

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

3 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

4 budge   

v.移动一点儿；改变立场

参考例句：

• We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
• She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

7 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。