时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2013年(六)月


英语课

 Even to this day,like right now while I¡¯m giving you this interview, if I was just slipped upand say one of these pieces of information that I'm not supposed to talk about,I'm in jeopardy 1 of going into prison for as many as five years.


For six years, NickMerow was known in courtroom documents as John Dow. He was living a doublelife, suing the US Government over some of its National Security Policies.
Almost a decadelater, I am married and I have a small child, and I'm still not at liberty todiscuss the facts of this case with my wife today.
Welcome to CNNRadio News day. I'm Tony Andreas. Coming up later in the show, we sit down withNick to learn more about his heroin 2 story and find out what it means in thewake of the NSA leak scandal.
But first, let'sbring in CNN's Jonathan Bender who brings us today's top stories. Welcome Jon.
Hey, Tommy.
So you've gotanother big scandal out of Washington on our hands, right?
Yes, so the storyis that State Department and diplomatic officials may have covered up or evenstopped investigations 4 of inappropriate or possibly criminal misconduct by itsstaff. This brewing 5 scandal comes from, of course, an internal memo 6. Thealleged incidents include soliciting 7 sexual favors from prostitutes, in somecases, children, also allowing a drug ring to operate near the U.S. embassy inIraq, and even buying drugs from it.
Now RepresentativeEd Royce, who is the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just askedhis staff to begin an investigation 3. What's troubling to him is that a properinvestigation not only hasn¡¯t happened but wasn¡¯t allowed to happen.
It appears theinvestigators themselves were influenced, were leaned on, they had theirinvestigations called off and as a result on eight separate occasions, the willof the political pointees trumped 8 the ability of the compound to be here to dotheir job, to investigate.
For now the StateDepartment has denied covering up or stopping any investigations and hasn¡¯t competedon individual cases.
Onto the nextscandal where the director of the National Security Agency was on Capitol Hilltoday, General Keith Alexander testified before a Senate hearing, that phonerecords the government obtained through the formerly 9 secretive surveillanceprogram disclosed last week, helped prevent, quote, ¡°dozens of terroristevents.¡±
Alexander alsorejected the claim that the former intelligence contractor 10 Edward Snowden couldtap into American's phone calls or computers, telling lawmakers that, quote, ¡°Iknow of no way to do that.¡±
Now to Rome. Insome of his surprising statement Pope Francis says a, quote, ¡°gay lobby¡± existsin the Vatican. The comments came from a meeting Francis had with the Latin Americanand Caribbean Religious Group on Sunday. However hints that the Holiestcontained a network of gay clergy 11 surfaced last year in a report about a seriesof embarrassing leaks to Italian journalists.
Now to the U.S.where two major wild fires continue to blaze across Colorado. Today a statecorrectional facility had to transport more than 900 prisoners to anotherfacility as a precaution. And unfortunately because of the combination of lowhumanity, hot temperatures and wind, the fires are spreading quickly.
And finally anupdate from Ohio this morning while wearing a bright bronze jumpsuit ArielCastro pleaded not guilty. Castro is the man assured of holding three womenagainst their will for almost a decade. Along with more than 300 other chargesagainst him. However there are signals that the defense 12 may seek a, quote,¡°resolution¡± to avoid a trial.

1 jeopardy
n.危险;危难
  • His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
  • It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻,上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。
2 heroin
n.海洛因
  • Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
  • Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。
3 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。
4 investigations
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
5 brewing
n.照会,备忘录;便笺;通知书;规章
  • Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗?
  • Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗?
6 soliciting
v.恳求( solicit的现在分词 );(指娼妇)拉客;索求;征求
  • A prostitute was soliciting on the street. 一名妓女正在街上拉客。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • China Daily is soliciting subscriptions. 《中国日报》正在征求订户。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 trumped
v.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)( trump的过去分词 );吹号公告,吹号庆祝;吹喇叭;捏造
  • That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他,使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 formerly
adv.从前,以前
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
9 contractor
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
10 clergy
n.[总称]牧师,神职人员
  • I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望,我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
  • All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
11 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
学英语单词
Alagez Mount
alcine
Allium victorialis
analog-digital simulation computer
atmospheric lapse rate
Bathyergidae
blau
BMP program
branch type instruction
breakup of voyage
cerisies
chabola
chano
computer-controlled memory test system
conchiplasty
controlled avalanche transit time triode
Corsican mints
crown spring
cyclostylar
date indicator core
deigneth
diagnosis ex juvantibus
dicellispora lelebae
direction of deposition
domafic
Dutch Colonial
e-texts
ecash
elaphoglossum angulatum
euplica deshayesi
EVLW
execution circuit
extension crystallization
fetch operand
gad-fly
giartinine
good opportunity
Gosen
herbert a. simons
horse-hoof sleeve
hypochordal longmuscle
immediately following
indefectuous
inquiry agency
International Relations and Security Network
Joghatāy, Kūh-ye
Juan Ramon Jimenez
kietyoite
kinematic extrapolation
lovers' vows
macrobrachium horstii
mimela confucius formosana
Mundjura Cr.
nitrocomplex
noninstitute clause
normal high water level
nukkas
off your face
omega minus
Phaeosphaerida
phone-ins
Pipeline, distribution
plutonyl(vi) chloride
pocket dosimeter
policy making level
Ponente, C.
pothunter
rally caps
random minelaying
repetendum
rib and loin
rice sieve
rolling steel door
rough pipe
semiautomatic seal
seminarcosis
Setcreasea
skunkhead
stack allocation
stand head and shoulders above
sterile creep
strict double counterpoint
strombus labiosus
sunk screw
target flow transmitter
the poles
thermit mixture
TIRC
to use
try every shift available
untabify
uthinia albisignalis
varitypes
Vincadar
Vita glass
vyny
weighted approximation
weighted spectral responsivity
wireline corer
wooden moulding wiring
yester-day
zigzag value