美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-21
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2013年(四)月
英语课
Boston is a tough and resilient town and so its people. I am supremely 1 confident but Bostonian will pull together take care of each other and move forward. As one proud city as they do, the American people will be with the mevery single step of the way.
The city whose heart may be broken but whose spirit is not. We will welcome you to the special edition of CNN student news. Today's entire show was about Monday's terrorist attacking Boston. The victims, the reactions and the investigation 2.When we produce yesterday program, the Bombings just happened, we didn't have alot of details. We have more now and that's where we start things off today. T
The two bombs went off near the finish line at the Boston Marathonexploded 12 seconds apart. Three people were killed. More than 170 others were wounded.Early reports about other possible explosives turned out to be wrong. One runner Jennifer Trucy was in the Marathon and recording 3 on her phone when the first bomb went off. That was the moment when the day changed. John Bermanfills in the timeline leading up to the blast immediately afterward 4.
A picture prefect third Monday in April, Patriots 5 day and the day of 117th Boston Marathon. And 9:32 am the elite 6 women racers take off from Hopkins on the 26.2 miles course on the way to Boston's Back Bay. Almost two and half hours later, the first a lead runner started crossing the finish line. Wave after wave of runners thousands of them followed. Then about 2:50 in the afternoon.It happens. A explosion near the finish line, 12 seconds later, anotherexplosion about a block up a crowded Bostonian Street.
They were banged up bad, severe lacerations, amputees, and a lot of shrapnel. You know, they were pretty big explosions. They were banged, a lot of blood everywhere.
Emergency teams and law enforcement scramble 7.
Get all units in this city to this scene now please.
This was an heinous 8 and cowardly act and given what we now know about what took place. The FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism. Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians 9. It is act of terror. What we don't yet know however is who carried out this attack or why, what was planned and executed bya terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of malevolent 10 individual.But we will find out. We will find who ever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice. The American people refused to be terrorized, because what the world saw in the aftermath, the explosions were stories of heroism 11 and kindness and generosity 12 and love. If you want to know who we are - and what America is, how we respond to evil, that’s it. Selflessly,compassionately, unafraid.
1 supremely
adv.无上地，崇高地
- They managed it all supremely well. 这件事他们干得极其出色。
- I consider a supremely beautiful gesture. 我觉得这是非常优雅的姿态。
2 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
- 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。
3 recording
n.录音，记录
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
4 afterward
adv.后来；以后
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
5 patriots
爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
- Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
- These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
6 elite
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
7 scramble
v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料
- He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
- It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
8 heinous
adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的
- They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
- I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。
9 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
10 malevolent
adj.有恶意的，恶毒的
- Why are they so malevolent to me?他们为什么对我如此恶毒？
- We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
11 heroism
n.大无畏精神，英勇
- He received a medal for his heroism.他由于英勇而获得一枚奖章。
- Stories of his heroism resounded through the country.他的英雄故事传遍全国。
12 generosity
n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为
- We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
- We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。