October 9, 2008 News

Economy:

Retirement accounts lose US$2 trillion in 15 months.
退休基金在15個月內縮水2兆美元。
The next year will be extremely difficult for many airlines and many may not survive the economic turbulence.
明年許多航空公司將會陷入困境，甚至有許多家可能無法在這樣的經濟動盪中生存下來。
US stocks lose ground for a sixth straight day with the Dow falling 508 points or 5.11% Tuesday.
美股連５日下挫，而道指周二大跌508點下跌5.11個百分比。
Stock markets fell worldwide, more than 10% in Jakarta, 9% in Tokyo, 8% in Hong Kong, 6% in Bangkok and Singapore, 5% in Seoul, Taipei, and Shenzhen B shares.
全球股市崩盤，在雅加達跌幅10 ％以上，東京跌幅9 ％，香港跌幅8 ％，曼谷和新加坡的跌幅在6 ％，首爾、台北和深圳B股跌幅有5%。
AIG is asking for billions more of financial help from the US government.
美國國際集團要求美國政府再多加數十億的財政援助。
Politics:

An angry and growling McCain rudely called Obama “that one” in a final effort to save his presidential campaign during the second presidential debate.
憤怒和咆哮的麥凱恩為了多拉一些選票做最後的努力，在第二次總統辯論期間很無禮的稱奧巴馬“那個人”。
Polls show that McCain would have to win the votes of all 7 battleground states, but Obama would need only 1, to win the presidency.
民意調查顯示，麥凱恩需要贏得7個戰場州的得票數，但奧巴馬只需贏得1個就可勝選。
Battleground state: a state where the vote looks indecisive and that has a large number of electoral votes that could sway the presidency, such as Florida in the 2000 election. There are currently 7 battleground states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia. Battleground states are also known as sway states or purple states.
戰場州：一個國家在表決時看起來優柔寡斷，並且有大量的選票可以改變選情，像是佛羅里達州在2000年的總統選舉。目前有7個像這樣的選區：佛羅里達，賓夕法尼亞，俄亥俄，明尼蘇達，密蘇里，內華達州，和維吉尼亞州。這些所謂的戰場州也被稱為搖擺州或紫州。
Health:
Scientists have cracked the genetic codes of two malaria parasites, which have about 5500 genes clustered in 14 chromosomes.
科學家已經破解了兩個瘧疾寄生蟲的遺傳碼，其中有大約有5500種基因集中在14個染色體。
Sports:
Businessman Tiger Woods is building golf courses, not just in Dubai, but has also announced a new golf resort in Mexico.
已成為商人的老虎伍茲現在正致力於高爾夫球場建設，除了杜拜之外，他也已經宣佈了要在新墨西哥城建一座高爾夫球場。