CNN 2008-05-15
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(五)月
Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Claims of responsibility are coming in this afternoon after a rocket attack at a shopping mall in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. The extremist group Islamic Jihad is claiming responsibility. The attack comes as President Bush meets with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish state's 60th anniversary. Mr. Bush says Israel's very existence is cause of optimism for democratic change in the Middle East.
Survivors 1 of the cyclone 2 in Myanmar are bracing 3 for a second round of severe weather. Forecasters have issued an alert for a new storm system over Myanmar. The Joint 4 Typhoon Warning Center says that there's a good chance a new cyclone will form in the next day. The storm could spell more misery 5 for the hundreds of thousands left homeless.
New aid may offer some hope for those in Myanmar without shelter. The UK is donating plastic sheeting that can be used to make shelters.
At least 2000 Chinese troops are rushing to plug the cracks in a dam damaged by the quake. State-run media says it's in great danger. It's upriver from one of the cities hit hardest by Monday's earthquake. The official death toll 6 in central China stands at almost 15, 000, and that figure is expected to go much higher as more victims are found buried beneath the rubble 7.
Police say they've captured 31-year-old Brian Crowder near the scene of a new Florida brush fire site early this morning. Officials say they saw someone started the fire by throwing a glass bottle with an accelerant into the woods from a car. They say that car matched the one Crowder was spotted 8 in. We are still waiting to hear if he will be charged. The fires, situated 9 near Palm Bay Florida, have burned through almost 10, 000 acres. Officials estimate they have done more than nine-million-dollar worth of damage.
Actor Dennis Quaid is speaking to a congressional committee looking into rules that limit lawsuits 11 against drug companies. Quaid sued the maker 12 of the blood thinner heparin after hospital staff mistakenly injected his newborn twins with a massive overdose of the drug. He says the company was negligent 13 because the packaging for the different doses was so similar. The Baxter Healthcare Corp. counters the Quaid's lawsuit 10 by saying once the FDA approved its packaging, the company was immune from liability.
Well, that's a quick look at what is making news this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
- The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
- Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
- I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句
- 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。