CNN 2009-10-20
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2009年(十)月
Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center with a look at what's happening Now In The News.
Work is proceeding 1 in both the house and Senate on reaching a consensus 2 health care reform bill. Democrats 3 are meeting behind closed door to merge 4 two senate bills, hoping to bring the finish product to the floor by the end of the week. Three other bills need to be merged 5 in the house for the five bills in congress do include a public or government run option.
Iranian officials are linking the US and Pakistan to a group that carried out a suicide attack. The US calls the accusations 6 completely false. At least 42 people were killed in yesterday's bombing, including key leaders of the elite 7 Revolutionary Guard. State-run Iranian media says the People's resistance movement of Iran has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Felony charges may be filed as early as today against Richard and Mayumi Heenes. This is for claiming that their six-year-old son was on board a homemade mylar balloon, when it floated away from their backyard Thursday afternoon. The Larimer County Sheriff says that the entire incident was a publicity 8 stunt,and the parents denied the balloon-flight was a hoax 9, but they could face a series of felony charges including conspiracy 10, contributing to the delinquency of a minor 11 and attempting to influence a public servant.
Some immigrants rights activists 12 don't want you to buy two popular Halloween costumes. The groups are asking stores and websites to stop selling illegal alien costumes, one includes an alien mask, an orange prison jumpsuit, and a green card, and the other shows the alien with a droopy handlebar moustache and baseball cap. Critics call them mean and offensive, but others say they are just funny. Target removed the costumes from its website after the complaints.
Those are the headlines for you this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and other news of the day.
- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
- The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。
- Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
- The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
- He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。
- They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
- They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。