CNN 2008-11-07
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
Good afternoon, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I’m Reggie Aqui. Here is what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
A source tells us that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his chief of staff. And it’s going to be Illinois lawmaker and veteran of the Clinton White House Rahm Emanuel. He’s apparently 1 accepted that position. We’re also hearing that long-time Obama press aide Robert Gives is likely to be his White House Press Secretary. Another main focus of presidential transition teams is of course, National Security. And today, begins Obama’s top level, top secret and intelligence briefings, the same ones that are prepared everyday for President Bush. CNN has also learned that tomorrow Mr. Obama will hold his first news conference as president-elect.
"This election gives us all reasons to be proud of our democracy and our country." That statement comes from President Bush. He made it earlier today. He was addressing his staff. The president said he will meet with President-elect Barack Obama early next week to ensure a seamless transfer of power in January. The president also urged his staff to cooperate with the Obama team on that transition as the country goes through economic crisis and war.
Iran’s president is offering relatively 2 warm words to his next U.S. counterpart. Iran’s official news agency reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered his congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama. He's quoted as hoping for "basic and fair change in US foreign policy”.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Israel today to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Rice says it’s important to maintain momentum 3 and support for the negotiations 4. The White House says a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is not likely this year.
Now over to California where voters have approved a ban on same-sex marriage. Now three groups are suing to try and prevent the state constitutional amendment 5 from going into effect. They say the ballot 6 initiative was improperly 7 used. As you can see, thousands of demonstrators protest the passage of Proposition 8 in L.A. while supporters of the ban praise the 5-point victory. The Los Angeles County Registrar 8 says he is no longer issuing same-sex marriage licenses 9. But other than San Francisco a different story, the mayor, Gavin Newsom, says he will continue issuing the licenses until he’s forced to stop.
And now you are up-to-date. Those are your headlines at this hour. Please stick with us here CNN for more on those stories and the other news of the day.
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- 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。
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！
- He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
- You can obtain the application from the registrar.你可以向注册人员索取申请书。
- The manager fired a young registrar.经理昨天解雇了一名年轻的记录员。