CNN 2009-08-01
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Hi there. Thanks for joining us. I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
More violence in Iraq. Iraq's Interior Ministry 1 says at least 27 people were killed in a series of bombings today near Shiite mosques 2 in Baghdad. The attacks occurred after Friday prayers concluded and appeared to target worshippers as they left the mosques. Police believed the attacks were coordinated 3.
The military scrambled 4 fighter jets when a plane, a civilian 5 plane, veered 6 way off its flight plan last night. NORAD says it's sent two F16s to tail the single engine plane when it flew past its destination. That plane crashed 300 miles away near Henderson, West Virginia, killing 7 the pilot. Fighter pilots say they never had any luck contacting the single engine plane pilot, affiliate 8 WSAZ reports that pilot had apparently 9 passed out.
President Obama was, um , bartender in chief at the White House yesterday. He hosted Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and the police officer who arrested Gates in his own home for some beer outside the Oval Office. There you see him. The president said he wanted the meeting to defuse the racial issues brought up by the arrest. There were no apologies made, but Cambridge police Sergeant 10 James Crowley says they need to move forward.
"Professor Gates and I bring different perspectives to these issues and have agreed that both perspectives should be addressed in an effort to provide a constructive 11 outcome to the events of the past month. "
Welcome home Endeavour. The space shuttle landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida the last hour. They were in space for more than two weeks, and did not come home. Just the first crew that was originally up. In fact they have a passenger, a Japanese astronaut, who spent the last four and a half months onboard the International Space Station. He hitched 12 a ride home.
Those are the headlines for you at this hour. Stay with CNN for more on those stories and all your other news of the day.
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
- The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
- The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
- What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
- How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。