CNN 2008-03-11
时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:商业报道2008年(三)月
Hello! I’m Melissa Long at the CNN center here in Atlanta with some of the headlines that are NOW IN THE NEWS on this Monday March 10th.
A suicide bomber 1 killed five U.S. soldiers on foot patrol in Baghdad. The U.S. military says four soldiers died in the initial blast and one later died. Three other American troops and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded.
Vice 2 President Dick Cheney is traveling to the Middle East over the weekend. President Bush says Cheney will press the Israelis and Palestinians to(quote)'uphold their obligations in the fragile peace negotiations 3.' The vice president heads out Sunday to Oman then to Saudi Arabia where he's expected to push for greater oil production to help ease the skyrocketing gas prices in the U.S. He's also scheduled to southern Israel, the West Bank and Turkey.
The Australian Magazine that revealed Prince Harry 4's deployment 5 to Afghanistan is apologizing. New Idea magazine says it didn't know about the agreement the British military made with journalists to keep it quiet. The story was mostly unnoticed until the Drudge 6 Report posted it online. Prince Harry was pulled out for security reasons. He's spent almost ten weeks fighting the Taliban.
An Associated Press investigation 7 has found there're small amounts of medicine in the drinking water of many Americans. The study focused on tap water in two dozen metro 8 areas. The drugs found include antibiotics 9, sex hormones 10 and over-the-counter medications. Most utility companies insist there's nothing to worry about. Some scientists say there may be long-term health issues.
And the Southern Baptists Convention is taking on global warming. Leaders are issuing a declaration today saying the church has not done enough on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop it.
And those are some of the headlines making news at this hour. For more on these stories or other news of the day, remember CNN is your source whether you're surfing the web watching television or you happen to be on the go. You can rely on CNN.com updates as well on your cell phone.
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
- Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
- I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作!
- I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷,倒运,走投无路的苦力,只会拖累你。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗?
- The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
- the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
- The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。