时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2008年(十二)月


英语课

Hello, I'm Melissa Long, here at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It's Monday afternoon, here's a look at some of the stories happening Now In The News.


First a 35-count indictment 1 against five former Blackwater security guards, that decision by the Justice Department today. Officials said the defendants 2 opened fire on Iraqi civilians 3 last year without justification 4, killing 5 or injuring 34 people. Women and children were among those fired upon at that busy Baghdad intersection 6. And the men surrendered this morning at a court in Utah. A sixth Blackwater guard has entered a guilty plea in connection with the shooting.


Keeping the Big Three Automakers from running out of gas, a draft bill for a bailout loan could come later today with a vote as soon as tomorrow. Lawmakers are still working out the details. But congressional aids say the package is expected to be about 15 billion dollars. The money would come from a technology program for fuel-efficient vehicles and could be overseen 8 by the formation of a new cabinet-level position.


And today we are hearing of still more layoffs 9 at the hands of the struggling economy. Dow Chemical says it's slashing 10 5000 jobs or more than 10 percent of its global work force. The company's also shutting down 20 plants and letting go of 6,000 contract workers. 3M also cutting jobs, the maker 7 of Post-It notes and Scotch 11 Tape is laying off 18 hundred workers, mostly in the U. S. , Western Europe and Japan. That's what the company calls an aggressive cost cutting measure.


Pakistani forces say they've raided a camp used by the terrorist group blamed for the deadly attacks in Mumbai. It happened at a militant 12 camp in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Pakistani military officials say 15 people were arrested in that raid. It's the first sign of a government action against the Islamic military group claiming responsibility for the attack. One hundred and sixty people were killed in the attacks in Mumbai.


Protest in Greece stretching into a third day. As students in Athens clashed with police outside the parliament. Some of our iReporters were able to catch the action and the aftermath. The demonstrations 13 and the riots came after a police involved shooting after a 16-year-old dead. The officer claimed he shot the 16-year old as he and a group of teens attacked the police officer's vehicle. But now he is charged with premeditated murder. The Prime Minister is vowing 14 to end these riots.


And those are the headlines making news at this hour. Do stay with CNN and CNN. com for more on these stories or other news of the day.



n.起诉;诉状
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
  • They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同,被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
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.正当的理由;辩解的理由
  • There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
  • In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
n.交集,十字路口,交叉点;[计算机] 交集
  • There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
  • Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
n.制造者,制造商
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
v.监督,监视( oversee的过去分词 )
  • He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
  • It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网
临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 ); 停工,停止活动
  • Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
  • Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时,股票价格便大跌
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
  • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
  • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
  • Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
  • The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式)
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
学英语单词
accelerator magnets
actual available bed days
aeronautic sextant
album-oriented radio
anti-fungal
antilipaemics
assertiveness
boat tanks
burst-wort
cannot say boh to a goose
cargo board
chit drill
chubbs
class plectomycetess
cobol identification division
cold syncope syndrome of Jueyin
compulsory sales by auction
Conradson figure
cryotron switch
cuprammonium fibre
Danube salmon
data control system
depinker
diffusion parameters
Donguila
dotted letter
DPST switch double pole single throw switch
duotonol
dystrophic calcinosis cutis
expulsatory
feeling of unreality
fenton reaction
flexids
gentilhomme
government-inexile
hash multiset
help someone do something
high drive
hobos
indicator drum
infotisement
integration zone
introduction valve
IR wireless
iron oxide red primer
issigoniss
Jacobean
JSOAC
jurisdiction of the person
K2SO4
kallmann's syndrome
katastates
kiddyish
light favored seeds
Ligonha
mean rotation
Melania
memorandas
miscella
move right down
multispectral remote sensing technique
NATU (natural uranium)
nemophilists
oceanias
operacao
owel
pann
parallel middlebody length
Pechkohle
phase-difference loss
phcscs
propadiene
pseudopannus
Psilophytina
purpureal
Qeren, Har
Quillota
rackin
reticulating colliquation
revolving boom crane
rule of identity
sculptrices
self-limiting erasure
sentence stress
sheathed pump
shotcrete gun
skithrough
St Mary, Mt.
supergroup distribution
suspension roll angle
TCFB
terminal assessment
tetraplous
tractus nervosi associationis
trunnion axle
Ténéré, 'Erg du
União dos Palmares
Viola alisoviana
voxelates
westwood
wriggly
zygapophyseal