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cut interest rates to 减息

Bank of England cuts UK interest rates to 4.5% from 5%.

unveiled 披露

The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has unveiled a £50bn rescue package for the UK's banking system.
fall sharply 急剧下降

Banking shares fall sharply in London amid news that bank bosses held funding talks with the government.
mastermind 巧妙的策划 depot 仓库，补给站，火车站，公车站（注意这个词的读音）Morocco 摩洛哥

Two cage fighters masterminded the £53m robbery on a Securitas depot in Kent before fleeing to Morocco, a court hears

deploy troops in 部署军队 disperse 驱散 anti-goverment protesters 反政府抗议者

Thai troops are deployed in the capital after police fail for a second time to disperse anti-government protesters.

Markets climb in volatile trade 市场在不稳定的趋势中上升

hit back at 回击 a keynote conference speech 政党代表大会上关于施政方针的演说；会上发表的主要讲话

David Cameron is preparing to hit back at Labour's claims he lacks the experience to run the country in a keynote conference speech.
the buffer zone 缓冲地带 a truce 停战协议

EU observers enter the buffer zone around South Ossetia, as they begin monitoring a truce between Georgia and Russia.

hopeful 注意可以作名词哦 有成功希望的人

US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain return to Washington for a Senate vote on the economic rescue plan.
pornography 色情作品

Spanish police arrest 121 people in an operation against internet child pornography, described as the biggest of its kind.
revamped 修改的
Asians shares post strong gains after the news US senators will vote later on Wednesday on a revamped financial rescue plan.

China spacecraft returns to Earth

Space capsule 太空舱

China's Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet.

touch down 着陆 rapturous applause 热烈的掌声 mission control 控制中心

The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing.

bouquets of fowers 花束

Looking well, the three astronauts emerged to wave to cameras before being given bouquets of flowers.

While in orbit, the men conducted experiments said to be crucial to China's space programme, as well as its first space walk.

be greeted as a national hero 受到了民族英雄般的欢迎

Mission leader and fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang, 42, was first to emerge from the capsule, and is now set to be greete

Grand Prix 国际汽车大奖赛

Fernando Alonso leads the Singapore Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton third, after a disastrous pit stop ruins Felipe Massa's race.
Portsmouth 朴茨茅斯

Portsmouth take on rock-bottom Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday with Wigan hosting Manchester City later.

be nationalised 被国有化 depositor 储户

Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, the BBC has learned, but the bank and Treasury say depositors' money is safe.
the broad outline 大纲 reach the broad outline of a rescue plan 貌似翻成 达成框架性救援计划

US congressional leaders say they have reached the broad outline of a rescue plan for the American financial system.
resignation 辞职书，顺从

The way news of Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly's resignation emerged was a 'serious mistake', says Chief Whip Geoff Hoon.

destroyer 驱逐舰 near 注意一下它可以做动词的哦 make visual contact with 和...进行视觉联系 Ukrainian 乌克兰的/人

Legendary 传奇的，著名的

Legendary actor Paul Newman has died from cancer aged 83, his spokeswoman has confirmed.
Bradford & Bingley 布拉德福德宾利集团（英国最大的抵押贷款机构） put sth on a more stable footing 使...建立在更加稳定的基础上

Government officials are in talks with executives from Bradford & Bingley in a bid to put the bank on a more stable footing.

Damascus 大马士革（Capital of Syria）
At least 17 people are killed by a powerful car bomb in Damascus, in the most deadly attack in Syria in several years.

clash over sth 对...持不同意见  head-to-head 肉搏战，白刃战 head-to-head debate 正面交锋（这样翻貌似可以反映出英文原意那个味道。。。）
White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama clash over foreign policy and the economy in their first head-to-head debate.

resume 重新开始，恢复 hammer out 锤出，敲成，阐明，解决（很形象，我觉得可以翻成敲定） financial bail-out plan 金融救援计划

Congress to resume

rise to the occasion 能够应付

President George W Bush says that legislators will rise to the occasion and pass the rescue package but disagreements remain.
KLM 荷兰航空

Terror suspects held on KLM plane
Police in Germany board a Dutch plane at Cologne airport to arrest two men suspected of planning attacks, officials say.

Land Registry 地政局

The fall in house prices has accelerated in England and Wales, according to the Land Registry.

off the coast 在海面上

Pirates off the coast of Somalia have seized a Ukrainian ship carrying T-72 tanks, an official says.
harbour doubt about... 持怀疑态度？。。。

Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly says she harbours doubts about the 'frustrating' way her resignation was announced.

deforestation 采伐森林 emission cuts 减排

Brazil sets out a plan to end net deforestation by 2015, but with no targets on emission cuts.

Home Secretary 内政部

The first stage of the UK's national identity plan is unveiled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith with a card for foreign nationals.
downturn 价格或活动开始下降，经济衰退，低迷 mortgage market 抵押信贷市场

There was a downturn in interest rates this week。

Bradford & Bingley is to cut 370 jobs because of the continued downturn in the mortgage market.

NATO 适当注意这个词的读音 be fired upon 遇袭

Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan say their helicopters have been fired upon by a Pakistani military checkpoint.
lift-off 离地升空 manned space mission 载人航天任务 feature the country‘s first spacewalk 标志着这个国家的首次太空行走

Lift-off for China space mission
China has launched Shenzhou VII, its third manned space mission, which is to feature the country's first spacewalk.

这句要怎么翻才好呢？。。。

step down 退休，辞职

Ruth Kelly is to step down as transport secretary, saying she wants to spend more time with her family.

Finland 芬兰 Finnish 芬兰的 Finnisher/Finn 芬兰人 tighten the law 加强立法 或者翻成 将立法严格化 gunman 枪手
Finland must tighten its gun laws following a school shooting that left 10 people and the gunman dead, the PM says.

inquest 哦，原来可以做名词，调查人员

A cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes tells an inquest that the Brazilian electrician had no reason to fear the police.

nuclear power plant 核电站
French energy firm EDF says it will buy UK nuclear power plant operator British Energy in a £12.5bn deal.

pave the way for  为……铺平道路

Iraq's parliament passes a law paving the way for provincial elections, ending long debates over the city of Kirkuk.

Chancellor 大臣     

The chancellor promises action on weaknesses in the financial system in his speech to the Labour Party conference.
off-road tour ...

Eleven European tourists are  kidnapped along with seven other people on an off-road tour of southern Egypt.
Carbon dating 碳定年 stonehenge  史前巨石柱

The first accurate carbon dating of Stonehenge reveals the monument was built in 2300 BC, some 300 years later than previously thought.

Morgan Stanley 摩根斯坦利

Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group says it will buy a stake in troubled Wall Street rival Morgan Stanley.
electrician 电工

The inquest into how police shot dead a Brazilian electrician on a London Tube train opens, three years after the killing.
Somali 索马里 insurgent 叛乱分子

At least 27 people are killed after Somali insurgents attack Afr