CNN 2008-11-17
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
Hello to you, I’m Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
The fierce Santa Ana winds that are fueling a huge wildfire in southern California are expected to die out tonight. The fire north of Los Angeles has destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes. Meantime, authorities have begun searching for victims and wreckage 1 of 500 southern Californian mobile homes. Officials say the fire is only about 30% contained.
A powerful earthquake has jolted 2 Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured at least 7.5 in magnitude. A tsunami 3 warning has been issued, no word yet on any injuries or damage.
The Iraqi Cabinet has given a go-ahead to a security pact 4 with the U.S. The deal will allow American forces to stay on in the country for 3 years after their UN mandate 5 expires next month. The approved draft will now be put to a vote in the parliament. Meanwhile, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called for a pan-Moslem demonstration 6 in central Baghdad on Friday to protest the agreement and U.S. presence in Iraq.
The space shuttle Endeavor is closing in on the International Space Station. It is expected to dock with the station around 5 pm eastern time. Earlier, NASA engineers reviewed images of the shuttle to make sure there was no damage caused from at least 2 pieces of flying debris 7 that hit Endeavour during Friday night’s launch.
All right, it was a record selling weekend at the box office for everyone’s favorite British secret agent. The latest chapter in the James Bond franchise 8 Quantum of Solace 9 opened on top with an estimated 70 million dollars, the largest debut 10 for a 007 film. It’s roughly 22 million more than the previous record holder 11 2002’s Die Another Day.
Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source, on line, on TV, even when you are on the go.
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- 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。
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
- They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难，就在宗教中寻求安慰。
- His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈，他便借酒浇愁。
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。