CNN news 2011-08-07 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Alison Kosik is looking at the cost to your retirement.

look at评判; 审视
例句：The difficulty can now be looked at in a different light.
现在可以用不同的角度来看这个困难。

2. George Howell showing how college students will take a hit.

take a hit遭受重击
例句：Even one of the most famous athletes in the world has to take a hit .
甚至连世界上最著名的体育运动员之一也难以幸免。

3. And Ted Rowlands explains why thousands of jobs are now thrown into limbo.

throw into投身于, 使…陷入某种状态
例句：He was thrown into a dilemma.
他陷入困境。

4. All right, Ali. Let's go ahead and begin with you.

begin with以…开始, 从…开始
例句：We will now hear the students read their poems, beginning with Tom.
现在我们来听听学生们朗诵他们的诗作, 从汤姆开始吧。

5. It's not an agency, by the way, that most people would have heard of except that, as you know, the Chinese are the biggest buyers of your U.S. debt.

hear of得悉, 听说
例句：I heard of his death last week.
我上周听说他死了。

6. And they are supposed to have opened up and they have closed substantially lower on the day, which tells me two things.

open up开业
例句：We don't open up till 9.
我们9点才营业。

7. So we're very worried about that.

be worried about为…忧虑,烦恼的
例句：We are worried about this exam.
我们对这次考试感到担心。

8. We could have a flat-ish opening on the market today but the question no longer, as you know, Kyra, is what happens at the open.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

9. Better watch what you asked for.

ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：Might I ask for a photograph of your little daughter?
我能要一张你小女儿的照片吗?

10. Cops crack down on vendors still included without a license in the area.

crack down采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句：The police are really beginning to crack down on drivers who park their cars just where they like.
警察真要对那些随便停放汽车的司机采取严厉措施了。