CNN 2008-03-20
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(三)月
Hello, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Center in Atlanta on this Wednesday. Here are some of the headlines that are NOW IN THE NEWS.
The nation's heartland was hammered with heavy rain and major flooding. From Texas to Ohio, torrential rains turned streets into rivers. In northern Texas, winds that reached 100 miles an hour disrupted hundreds of flights at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport. The storms are blamed for at least two deaths in Missouri.
Check this out: it went into a sinkhole in Oklahoma. That's a truck. The driver said that when he got to the top of the hill, it looked like a road. But when he got there, the road weakened by the heavy rain just collapsed 1 under him. Rescuers pulled the driver out. He does have some injuries, but he is just gonna be fine.
New British newspapers are printing rare front page apologies to the parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann for suggesting they caused her death. The move comes after the family filed a lawsuit 2 against several papers: the Daily Express and the Daily Star , say there is no evidence to suggest the parents were involved in their daughter's disappearance 3. Both papers have also made substantial donations to the Medline Fund. The four-year-old disappeared during a family vacation last May in Portugal.
There's a happy ending for a man once engaged to a reallife runaway 4 bride. John Mason was thrust into the national spotlight 5 back in 05, when his fiancée Jennifer Wilbanks disappeared days before the wedding. Well, she lied to police with a call and said she had been kidnapped. People Magazine reports that Mason married another woman on Saturday at his parents' home in Georgia.
You can find out much more on these stories with continuing coverage 6 of the latest news as well. Just log on to our website, tune 7 in to CNN television or if you happen to be on the go, don't forget about cnn.com updates for your cell phone.
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- 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。
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
- The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
- He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。