CNN 2009-06-16
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2009年(六)月
Hi ,there, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center In Atlanta, with a look at what's happening "Now In The News".
Answering the call from residents who turned out for massive rallies, Iran's election authority will investigate allegations of ballot 1 fraud, that is according to state-run media there. Challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi is expected to call off protest today, huge crowds of his supporters held massive protests this weekend, official results show incumbent 2 President Muhamud Ahmadinejad won in a landslide 3 victory.
A court hearing is scheduled today in the shooting at the Holocaust 4 Memorial Museum in D. C, a federal judge will hear how the suspect James von Brunn is recovering, the son of the reputed white supremacist says, he wishes his father would have died in Wednesday shooting instead. Von Brunn is charged with killing 5 security guard Steven Johns. Johns' mom had this to say yesterday. "I don't wish any hatred 6 , er, er, any ill feelings on the man that took my son's life. "
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he refuses to borrow money to keep his state running, he wants legislators to focus on the state's 24 billion dollar deficit 7 or the state could be forced to cut thousands of jobs, eliminate health care for a million low income children. Meanwhile lawmakers are debating hundreds of other bills including creating a state blueberry commission. Banning toy cigarette lighters 8 and mandating 9 a larger font size for medical worker name tags.
Los Angeles is celebrating the Lakers' NBA championship win but things got a little out of hand, thousands of people gathered outside the Staple 10 Center. The L.A.P.D. says fans set bonfires in the streets, they threw rocks at officers, damaged a police cruiser. About 25 people were arrested. The Lakers beat the Orlando Magic 99-86, they won their 15th NBA title.
Bike riders in Boulder 11, Colorado wanted to go Full Monty to make a point, but they didn't want to go to jail either, so they decided 12 to cover up just enough to avoid getting indecent exposure tickets. Some wore thong 13 you can see underwear, strategically-placed stickers, all taking part in this weekend's "World Naked Bike Ride". It was supposed to draw attention to dependence 14 on cars and on gasoline. Probably draw attention to some other things too.
Those are the headlines for you this hour, stay with CNN for more on those stories and all your other news of the day.
repute
according to what some people say, but not definitely
be reputed to be/do something
She is reputed to be extremely wealthy.
L．A．P．D．=Los Angeles Police Department
Full Monty: The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed 15 men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act (à la Chippendale dancers) in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son.
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。
- 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。
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The cargo is being discharged into lighters. 正在往驳船里卸货。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Babies'bootees and cheap cigarette lighters were displayed in unlikely juxtaposition. 儿童的短靴和廉价的打火机很不相称地陈列在一起。 来自辞典例句
- Current requirements mandating that committees keep minutes are too general. 目前对委员会要保持详细记录的指令性要求，还是太过一般化了。
- Mandating that workers who quit without permission forfeit a month's wages. 规定工人私自离岗将受到罚没一个月工资的处罚。
- Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
- Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- He fastened the dog to the post with a thong.他用一根皮带把狗拴到柱子上。
- If I switch with Harry,do I have to wear a thong?如果我和哈里调换，我应该穿皮带吗？
- Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
- He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。