Toni Braxton is bankrupt, again

    BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. singer Toni Braxton has filed for bankruptcy¹(破产) a second time, citing² millions of dollars in debt, according to media reports Friday.
    The six-time Grammy Award winner filed for bankruptcy in Los Angeles, meaning she does not have the ability to pay existing debts（未清偿债务）.
    In court papers, Braxton lists assets³ from 1 million to 10 million U.S. dollars, and debts ranging from 10 million to 50 million dollars.
    Braxton previously⁴ filed for bankruptcy in 1998 after she broke with her music company.
    Braxton, 42, began singing in the 1980s, climbing record charts with her self-titled "Toni Braxton" in 1993, which sold over 8 million copies. She earned two Grammys（格莱美） in 1994, and followed up with another Grammy win in 1995.
    Her second album in 1996, "Secrets," was equally successful as the first, and she won two more Grammys that year.
    Braxton had high-profile health issues in recent years. In 2008 she was forced to cancel a series of Las Vegas shows after experiencing chest pains that were later diagnosed⁵ as microvascular angina.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

2 citing   

引用( cite的现在分词 )； 传唤； 记起； [军事]传（或通）令嘉奖

参考例句：

• It's no use citing the Bible to somebody who doesn't believe in God. 对不信上帝的人引用圣经的话是没用的。
• It's no use citing the Bible to a non-Christian. 对非基督徒引用《圣经》是没用的。

3 assets   

n.财产；资产

参考例句：

• We capitalized our assets to avoid bankruptcy.我们把资产转作资金以避免破产。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 diagnosed   

诊断( diagnose的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some foetal malformations cannot be diagnosed until late in pregnancy. 有些胎儿的畸形部位得等到妊娠后期才能诊断出来。
• He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock. 他找出了引擎咔咔响的毛病所在。