CNN 2008-06-15
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(六)月
Hello, everyone, I am Creshon Saunders at the CNN. com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Rising waters breach 1 a levee flooding a neighborhood just north of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. About 270 homes and businesses are in danger, as well as a high school. Residents have been forced out, leaving their homes unprotected.
Northern Japan was shaken awake this morning by a magnitude-7 earthquake. It rattled 2 nuclear power plants and buried people under massive landslides 3. Japanese officials report at least 6 dead and more than 140 injured. They're still searching for 11 missing people.
The number 2 man in Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change has been brought before a judge in Harare. He was not allowed to speak to his lawyers and would appear before a lower court judge Monday. Police say they'll charge him with treason.
A day after they were set free in a daring daylight prison break, security forces in Afghanistan still haven't managed to catch any other nearly 900 prisoners who escaped. Some 400 of those who escaped Friday from a prison in Kandahar are suspected members of the Taliban.
A solemn moment during President Bush's trip to Paris today. The president traveled to the outskirts 4 of Paris to visit two cemeteries 5 and war memorials. He laid a wreath at an American cemetery 6, honoring soldiers killed in World Wars I and II. Earlier, Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iran and Syria, telling Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
Discovery shuttle astronauts in space for nearly 2 weeks are back on the ground. The shuttle landed safely at 11: 15 Eastern this morning, touching 7 down at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Also back on earth after 95 days in space, flight engineer Garrett Reisman.
Those are the headlines this hour, for more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source on line, on TV, even when you're on the go.
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
- 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。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
- It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
- He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
- His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。