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31| New York City, Wall Street's Bulls Keep Charging
Stocks continued their seven-month rally, lifting the Dow Jones industrial average above 10,000 points for the first time since last October. The symbolic milestone followed better-than-expected September retail sales and once troubled banking giant JPMorgan Chase's report that it earned $3.6 billion in the third quarter. Optimists considered the news an omen of improved economic conditions despite stubbornly high unemployment.
rally 上升
Dow Jones industrial average 道瓊斯工業平均指數
JPMorgan Chase 摩根大通 △
omen 預兆
stubbornly 頑固地
32 Washington, Enlistment Rises in Recession
Soaring unemployment rates and heftier signing bonuses helped the U.S. military meet all its annual recruiting goals for the first time since it became an all-volunteer force in 1973. The quality of recruits also improved: 95% of Army soldiers have a high school diploma, up from 83% in 2008, and fewer felons and overweight applicants enlisted.
enlistment 征兵
heftier signing bonuses 更優厚的參軍獎勵，signing bonus本意“簽約獎金”
felon 重罪犯
overweight applicant 體重超重的應征者
33 Vatican City, A Papal Power Play
In an apparent bid to boost its ranks by capitalizing on a rival's internal friction, the Vatican said it would make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church while retaining their own traditions. The world's 80 million Anglicans have grown increasingly divided in recent years over their church's stance on same-sex unions and the ordination of women and gays, prompting fears of a schism. Some analysts say the Vatican's move could be perceived as predatory, potentially imperiling efforts in recent decades to foster dialogue between the churches.
capitalize on 利用
internal friction 內部矛盾
Anglicans 英國國教徒
Roman Catholic Church 羅馬天主教教會
retain 保留
same-sex unions 同性結合
ordination 這里表示擔任神職
schism 宗派分裂
predatory 掠奪的
imperiling 帶來危害的
34| New York City, A Rigged Game on Wall Street
Prosecutors in Manhattan said they broke up a major insider-trading ring, the largest ever centered in the hedge-fund industry. Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire co-founder of the Galleon Group, and five others were arrested and charged with earning $20 million off stock trades on the basis of information unavailable to the public. Rajaratnam, whose firm manages $3.7 billion, allegedly relied on a broad network of sources, including executives at IBM and McKinsey & Co., for lucrative tips; one leak about a Google earnings report yielded his firm $8 million in profits in 2007, authorities said. The investigation was the first insider-trading probe to make use of wiretaps and may signal a tougher attitude toward white collar crime in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal.
rigged 操縱的，詐騙的
insider-trading ring 內部交易圈
hedge-fund 對沖基金
lucrative 有利可圖的
probe 調查
wiretaps 竊聽
white collar crime 白領犯罪 △
in the wake of 在…之后
35 | United Nations, Benefits of Corporate Cultural Diversity
Complying with cultural diversity, whether at the management, human resources or marketing level, can reap big dividends for businesses, according to a wide-ranging United Nations report. Multinational corporations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of diversifying and customizing their products to penetrate new markets and meet the expectations of local consumers, according to the report, which covers a raft of issues ranging from migration, to languages, education, sustainable development, and democratic governance.
comply with 遵守
reap 收獲
dividend 紅利，股息
diversify 多樣化
customize 定制
penetrate 滲透
a raft of 大量的
sustainable development 可持續發展
governance 管理，治理
36 Kabul, A Weak Win for Karzai
After months of recounts, investigations and recriminations, Afghanistan's presidential election is over. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from a runoff scheduled for Nov. 7, prompting the Independent Election Commission to declare incumbent Hamid Karzai the winner by default. But it's by no means an unalloyed victory for Karzai. Allegations of fraud in the Aug. 20 vote, coupled with long-standing concerns over corruption in his administration, have undermined his credibility. Abdullah, Karzai's closest challenger, said the election process was so flawed that it wasn't worth participating in. He later said he had no intention of joining a coalition with Karzai, calling his re-election "illegal" and adding that his "government cannot bring legitimacy, cannot fight corruption."
recrimination 揭發，相互指責，反訴
runoff 決賽，這里表示最終選舉
prompt 引發，導致
incumbent 現任的
by default 缺席，不到場，默認
unalloyed 純粹的，未摻雜的
long-standing 長期存在的
undermine 損壞
credibility 可信度
flawed 有瑕疵的
coalition 聯盟
legitimacy 合法性
37 Washington, HIV Travel Ban Lifted
Announcing on Oct. 30 that the U.S. government would reverse a "decision rooted in fear rather than fact," President Barack Obama ended a travel and immigration ban on HIV-positive noncitizens trying to enter the U.S. without a special waiver. The reversal was first signed into law by George W. Bush in 2008, but the White House was unable to finalize the change before his term ended.
reverse 逆轉，這里表示更改政策
waiver 放棄索賠，這里表示豁免
38| Vatican, God vs. E.T.
Four centuries after the Inquisition sentenced an Italian philosopher to death for claiming that other worlds exist, the Vatican gathered some 30 experts in biology, astronomy and other disciplines to study the possibility of life beyond Earth. The Vatican's chief astronomer, José Funes, has said there is no contradiction between faith in God and the belief that humans might have extraterrestrial "brothers."
Inquisition 宗教裁判所 △
disciplines 這里表示學科
contradiction 矛盾，沖突
extraterrestrial 地球外的，天外的，又縮寫為E.T表示外星人
39 | Seoul, Shoot-out at Sea
North and South Korea's navies exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years, raising tensions between the rivals shortly before President Barack Obama visits the region. Both countries reported no injuries from the Nov. 10 skirmish along their western maritime border, though the North Korean vessel sustained heavy damage. Officials in Seoul said the shooting was triggered by a North Korean patrol boat that had strayed more than a mile into South Korean territory; the North said the South was the aggressor. Analysts did not expect the incident to spark further conflict, suggesting that Pyongyang may be seeking attention before Obama visits Seoul on Nov. 19. North Korea recently sent signals that it may be willing to return to six-party talks on disabling its nuclear program.
shoot-out 交火
skirmish 小規模沖突
maritime border 海上邊界
trigger 引起，激發
patrol boat 巡邏艇
stray 迷路，走失，這里表示越界
aggressor 侵略者
spark further conflict 激起進一步沖突
six-party talks （朝核問題）六方會談 △
disable 使停止，這里表示關閉核設施
40 | Geneva, Gender Inequality's Deadly Toll
In its inaugural report on women's health from the cradle to the grave, the World Health Organization found that HIV is the No. 1 killer of women ages 15 to 49 worldwide and that unequal access to sex education and health care leads to millions of preventable deaths each year. Traffic accidents, suicide and breast cancer are the top causes of death in high-income nations, while HIV/AIDS, maternal conditions (such as dying during childbirth and unsafe abortions) and tuberculosis account for 1 in 2 female deaths in poorer countries.
gender inequality性別差異，男女不平等
inaugural report 正式報告
tuberculosis 肺結核 T.B.
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