CNN 2008-03-15
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(三)月
Good afternoon! I’m Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here’s a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
The government’s ability to eavesdrop 1 on phone calls and emails of suspected terrorists is at the center of a showdown today. The House could vote on surveillance legislation after a rare late-night closed-door session. It was the first secret session in 25 years. President Bush threatens to veto the bill by House Democrats 2. He wants legal protection for telecom companies that cooperate with the government.
Well, you are still paying record prices for gas and the cost is still going up. AAA says the average price of a regular gallon rose to three dollars and twenty-eight cents overnight. That's a two-cent of jump since Wednesday and up about 30 cents from a month ago.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has watered down part of its new smog requirements at the direction of the White House. The Associated Press says the EPA made the changes just before the new rules were to be released. The administration and the EPA centered on the amount of protection from ozone 3 or smog for wildlife, farmlands, parks and open spaces. A White House spokesman called the intervention 4 a technical matter.
The Queen of England has dedicated 5 a new terminal at London Heathrow Airport. Terminal Five will be able to handle thirty million passengers a year as environmentalists protest the expansion. Today's ceremony follows a security scare at Heathrow yesterday involving a man with a backpack who scaled a fence and ran onto a runway. Police have not said it is related to environmental protest, though. The new terminal will open for business March 27th.
Well, those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
Water down: to change a speech, a piece of writing etc. in order to make it less offensive or forceful
Scale: to climb to the top of sth high
- He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
- It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
- The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。