CNN 2012-03-13
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Delusion in south Louisiana has led to severe flash flooding.Lafourche officials in Lafayette Parish,are using boats,dump trucks,anything they can to help stranded 1 people evacuate 2.Sheriff captain Craig Stansbury,says some 15 inches of rain fell in just six hours.
There was a forecasts of some heavy rains but I don't think the one could predict the amount of rain that was going to,that we are getting to get in a short amount of time.
Thankfully there are no reports of injuries.
We are learning more about the US army soldier accused of going door to door in Afghanistan,Kandahar Province,Sunday and gunning down 16 civilians 3.More than half of those victims appeared to have been children.CNN Christopher Lawrence is following the story for us from the Pentagon.
This was a staff sergeant 4 who has served three tours in Iraq.This is his first tour in Afghanistan.He'd only been in the country for maybe two months or so,not much longer than that.
US military officials say the soldier will not face a criminal trial under the Afghanistan justice system and that any prosecution 5 would be in an American military court.
A controversial new Texas law,requiring voters to present personal identification before going to the polls,has been blocked by the Obama administration.The Justice Department says the law could discriminate 6 against Hispanic and other minorities.
We are on the eve of crucial primaries in the deep south.Mitt 7 Romney gets a big endorsement 8 from a professional Red neck. Comedian,Jeff Foxworthy,joined Romney a campaign trail in the mobile Alabama today during a rain storm.
The fact that you would stand here in this pouring down rain to listen to the next President of the United States,proves to me you are smarter than a 5th grade.
New polls show Romney with the slight lead in Mississippi,Newt Gingrich has a two-point-edge in Alabama.
And stocks finished slightly higher today.The DOW gained 37 points.
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a.搁浅的，进退两难的
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.警官，中士
- 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？
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待
- You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
- They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注
- We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
- His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。