CNN 2011-08-23

 The people of Syria deserve a government that respects their dignity, protects their rights, and lives up to their aspirations¹. Assad is standing² in their way. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for him to step aside and leave this transition to the Syrians themselves, and that is what we will continue to work to achieve.

 

What prefaced today's fall was the Morgan Stanley report that warned of a dangerous risk recession in the United States and the Eurozone because of what it called "policy errors and sluggish³ growth." It's not, you cannot say one side or the other is to blame. The danger part about today is that it's now becoming a self prophecy. Markets are falling. Investors⁴ get worried and pull out. Markets fall even further. The only bit of good news from the session was off its lows. And, Wolf, yes, the buyers, there were some they came late in the day. But it certainly was not the sort of day you wanted to be holding stocks.

 

Now all I can say is they should thank their lucky stars, it wasn't Depar-two, sorry, that two. sorry.

1 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会