CNN 2008-04-19
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(四)月
Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Pope Benedict XVI spoke 1 at the United Nations this afternoon. He addressed the General Assembly in French and then English, speaking about religious freedom and aid to developing countries. The Pope also named respect for human rights as the solution for many of the world's problems. Later he will visit a Manhattan synagogue.
The US military is warning Iraqis that Al-Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks in Baghdad in the near future. Information collected by coalition 2 forces says numerous Al-Qaeda terrorists have entered the Baghdad area with the purpose of carrying out attacks in central Baghdad. Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces are distributing pamphlets describing signs that may indicate terrorist activity.
Citygroup is slimming down. The big bank is eliminating another 9,000 jobs after first quarter losses added up to more than 5 billion dollars. That follows a 10-billion-dollar loss in the fourth quarter of last year. So far, more than 13,000 workers of Citygroup have been laid off.
In Texas, custody 3 hearings continued for 416 children taken from a polygamist sect 4. A Child Protection Supervisor 5 took the stand for a second day today as part of the hearing. Yesterday, one child welfare worker took the stand and told a Texas judge, girls at the polygamist ranch 6 may have got pregnant there when they were just 13.
There is no major damage, and apparently 7 no one was hurt after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Midwest this morning. The quake was centered near the Illinois-Indiana state line, and was felt as far away as Alabama and Michigan. Chicago police say they got hundreds of 911 calls. Debris 8 scattered 9 across some roads is causing headaches for drivers.
Well, those are the headlines this hour, stay with CNN for more on these stories and of course the other news of the day.
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
- Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
- He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
- The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
- 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。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。