CNN 2008-01-14
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(一)月
Hi, everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN. com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening Now In The News.
A second child's body has been found in the water near Mobile, Alabama. It’s believed to be another one of the four children thrown off an 80-foot bridge last week. The children’s father is charged with their murders. A sheriff spokesman says Sunday’s discovery was very close to where an infant’s body who was found Saturday.
President Bush is urging Arab nations to confront what he calls a danger of Iran before it’s too late. Mr. Bush lashed 1 out at Iran during a visit today at the United Arab Emirates.
The woman held for six years by the Colombian rebel group FARC has finally arrived in Bogotá. Greeted by family and friends, Clara Rojas thanked those who helped her gain freedom and claimed she’s now reborn. She was also reunited with 3-year-old son who rebels took from her when he was eight-month-old.
In eastern Canada, a town in shock and a high school in mourning. Seven members of its basketball team are dead along with their coach’s wife. They were killed Saturday night when their van smashed into a tractor-trailer. Police say the road might have been icy. A winter storm had hit the area with snow, sleet 2 and freezing rain.
Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt 3 Romney are going head-to-head on the economy just before the Michigan primary. Romney promised voters that reviving the auto 4 industry would be one of his top priorities if (he) elected. He also criticized McCain’s support of an increase in fuel efficiency standards. McCain pointed 5 out that Romney tried to raise a tax on SUVs as governor of Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Senator Barack Obama has won the endorsement 6 of two fellow Democratic senators. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Ben Nelson of Nebraska both announced their support this weekend.
And it was a tight race at the box office this weekend, but 'Jack 7 Nicholson and Morgan Freeman' came out on top. 'The Bucket List' made 19.5 million dollars over the weekend according to studio estimates. The comedy about terminal patients trying to live life to the fullest did better than many analysts 8 expected, also beating expectations of another comedy 'First Sunday' (starring Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan). It was a close second with 19 million dollars.
And those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV, or when you're on the go.
- The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
- The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
- When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
- His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。