CNN 2008-06-05
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(六)月
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here are some headlines NOW IN THE NEWS.
Democratic Senator Barack Obama tried to reassure 1 members of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC that the US will remain loyal to Israel if he is elected president. The presumptive Democratic nominee 2 addressed the group this morning. His Democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton also spoke 3 to the group. Some of her supporters are now urging Obama to make her his running mate. Now both campaigns are denying that discussions have even begun on that subject.
Meanwhile, presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain is now focused(focusing) primarily on Obama. He used two speeches in Louisiana to distance himself from President Bush on Iraq and also offered a challenge to Obama. He said he liked them to travel around the country together and host a joint 4 town hall meeting every week for the next ten weeks, beginning next week.
Meanwhile, actress Gina Gershon is demanding a retraction 5 from Vanity Fair magazine over an article linking her to former President Bill Clinton. Now, it cites gossip, saying that Clinton had been seen visiting her. Well, her attorneys are now threatening a lawsuit 6. They say that Gershon has been in the same room with Clinton maybe three times, but always with other people. Vanity Fair says the article simply does not suggest any improper 7 relationship.
It costs about seven million dollars to remove all these children from a polygamist ranch 8 in Texas and then return them. That's the final bill the state of Texas is expecting to pay. It includes everything from food, shelter to legal costs. A judge assigned an order on Monday releasing the kids from foster care. Already 397 of them, almost 400 of them have been reunited with their parents.
The housing crisis is hitting Hollywood. Ed McMahon's home is now in foreclosure as well. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that he is in more than 600, 000 dollars behind on his mortgage for a six-bedroom home in Beverly Hills. McMahon's spokesman confirmed that he is in discussions with his lender. McMahon of course is best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show".
And those are the headlines at this hour, for more on those stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source online, on TV or on your cell phone. Take care.
- This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- 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。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.他要求完全收回针对他的言论。
- The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report.那家报纸声明撤回那篇错误的报道。
- 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。
- Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
- Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。