CNN 2012-01-01

 The Euro was in safe hands shortly.By the time the Irish went to the poll in February, its bailout will secure.Greece was promising² reform, but then an event conspire³ to undermine the best hopes, Bonia keep rising.Fear was growing about whether Portuguese⁴ and Spain might need a bailout,the Japanese earthquake, nuclear safety.And Libya put the Euro on the back burner at the Eurozone leader summit. By July,Italy was in the faring line, Greece was not going to be able to pay his bills.Europe leaders helped at a crisis summit overnight, they agree to give Greece huge debt relief as a part of the second stunning⁵ bailout.The head of the states and government over the Eurozone showed a real determination to defend the zone to make sure the Greece was taken care of in a comprehensive market. By September, the unthinkable wasn't any more.The Eurozone itself might just be in danger.People halt back to its very foundation, when the Euro was set up,A lot of people said it's very good to have a currency without a government, but actually it turns out to be a minus plan because no one was in charge. By the time finance minister met in Poland in September, Italy prime minister ** in faring line heading towards to unsustainable levels. There wasn't enough money to bail¹ out the zone's third biggest economy, the European central bank step in to the relief of finance ministers, fortunately, the Euro central bank has given us more time by intervening on the Italy and Spanish markets and providing a kind of protective sheers.Then acqunante hit the airways⁶.The European financial stability facility or EFSF hit the headline when the 17 Eurozone national Parliament had to vote to expand its power.To great relief, they all did.The facility was not gonna last forever, it should be faced out after a few years' time, so for the time the best way to escape the current crisis.But then a threat led by Greece's prime minister to let Greece vote on stability brought down its government in November.A tacnic crisis took over , so do the one in Rome, both pledge huge package market responded well and took off some of the heat. Then European commissioner⁷ set the clock ticking in December, there was just 10 days left to save the single currency.so now it's early December yet, another EU leader summit in Brussels to save the Euro, the third one I have been to in Brussels this year alone, have they done enough to save the single currency.Are the market please.Will the leader do enough to actually put the sunshine back into single currency? Britain involved as a new treaty, to fiscal⁸ discipline, the other 24 countries say they will try in Green way to force each other to balance budgets and force penalties on those who don't. Treaty change or not, I still believe that it's not really into the heart of problems, which is more related to economic problems, and need reforming in the congress,need increase firepower in the firewall.After countless⁹ meetings, have Europe done enough to restore confidence, if not, more firepower in 2012. CNN, London.

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 conspire   

v.密谋，（事件等）巧合，共同导致

参考例句：

• They'd conspired to overthrow the government.他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
• History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。

4 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

5 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

6 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

7 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

8 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

9 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。