Dow Jones Industrial Average 道琼斯工业平均指数
NASDAQ纳斯达克
The Standard & Poor's 500 标准普尔500指数
scandal-plagued 丑闻困扰的
slumping sales 下滑的销售
stiff competition and intense cost pressures激烈的竞争和巨大的成本压力
a multi-billion dollar merger几十亿美元的合并
This story is allegedly true.这故事据说是真的。
President Obama is expected to lay out guidelines this morning to overhaul earmarks.
New York Mercantile Exchange纽约商品交易所
NATO allies 北约盟国
money laundering洗钱
plead guilty 服罪
life sentence无期徒刑
hearing听证会
is charged with 11 separate felonies including four counts of fraud as well as theft

1. knock someone off his pedestal使某人威信扫地，使某人不再受尊重2. put (或set) someone upon(或on)a pedestal

把某人当作偶像崇拜(或理想人物，了不起人物)，崇敬某人

be subject to:
Violators will be subject to a fine.违者将处以罚。
A gift may be subject to obligations.第一百九十条赠与可以附义务。

He consoled her with honeyed words.他用甜言蜜语安慰她。
It could be years before we get our payment.等我们拿到钱，可得些时间了。
formal occasions正式场合

I'm afraid they are a bit too tight.They pinch.(鞋)恐怕太紧了点，夹脚。
This hat will brighten up your look.这顶帽子能使你变靓不少
Just browsing，thanks.谢谢，我只是逛逛
Are you for or against a trial marriage?你是支持还是反对试婚？
I'm at the end of my rope.我受够了（我已忍无可忍）。
He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything.
他拖延耽误以致一事无成。

Marriage is the same as hymen，who receive it，may not be loved!
婚姻就像处女膜一样，得到它的人不一定得到爱！

long range missile远程导弹
claiming responsibility for 宣布对……负责
comeback trail恢复训练
currency manipulation 通货操纵
sub-prime mortgage crisis次贷危机

October十月(罗马的历法原来只有10 个月，古罗马皇帝决定增加两个月放在年尾，成为1月.2月，原来的1月.2月便成了3月.4月。凯撒大帝被刺死后，安东尼将军建议将凯撒大帝诞生的7月用凯撒的名字——拉丁文julius（即朱里斯）命名，这就成了现在的July7月,之后屋大维用自己的名字命名了八月August。所以现在的10月October实际上是过去罗马历中的8月)。

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1. be on the high ropes
a. [口语]
b. 傲慢，自高自大
c. 情绪高涨；兴高采烈；得意
d. 发怒，被激怒
2. be on the rope(登山者)用绳相互系在一起
3. dance on a rope[讽刺语]被绞死，处以绞刑
4. fight back to the ropes(拳击时)苦战到底，拼到底
5. fight to the ropes打到底，决一雌雄
6. Give a fool rope enough,and he will hang himself.[谚语]给傻瓜绳子，他就会上吊。(意指放任傻瓜胡闹，他就会自取灭亡)
7. give someone a (touch of the)rope's end给某人以体罚；鞭打某人
8. give someone (enough) rope暂时放任以便最后收拾某人，对某人欲擒故纵[亦作give someone rope enough]
9. give someone rope enough to hang himself放纵某人为所欲为使他自作自受
10. know(或learn,show someone)the ropes知道(或学会，向某人指出，告诉某人)事情的真相(或窍门，做法，规则)；熟悉(某种社会的)内情；懂得(某种行业的)窍门；很内行
11. Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself.[谚语]在有人上吊的人家里，千万别谈起绳子；勿提别人忌讳的东西。
12. on the ropes
a. 【拳击】(被打得)摇摇晃晃地靠在围绳上；被迫退到围绳上，完全无力回击
b. [俚语]快要支持不住，快垮了，即将完蛋；处于困境；毫无办法
13. put someone up to the ropes告以底细；告诉某人做法；教某人秘诀；使某人熟知详情[亦作teach someone theropes]
14. the end of one's rope智穷力竭，山穷水尽
15. throw someone a rope(在其危难时)援助某人，支持某人
16. with a rope round one's neck破釜沉舟地，拼命地
17. work the ropes幕后牵线；暗中操纵

1. and then some而且还要多
2. but then但是另一方面；不过(同时)；然而
3. by then到那时候
4. even then即使那时；尽管那样
5. now then见now
6. since then从那时起，从那时以来
7. then again而且；其次；还有；反之
8. then and there就在当时当地；当场；立即[亦作 there and then]
9. till then到那时为止，一直到那时
10. well,then既然如此，那么[亦作 why，then]
11. Well then?后来怎么啦?那么怎样呢?那么?
12. What then?(下一步)怎么办?那么又怎样呢?那该怎么办?