CNN 2009-05-31
时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2009年(五)月
In Pakistan after some fierce fighting for about a month, that raged from street to street literally 1, Pakistani forces say they have reclaimed 2 several areas of the city of Mingora from the Taliban. Mingora the largest city in Pakistan's Swat Valley, that's a disputed area. According to the UN, more than two million people have fled that area from the violence, many of them hold up in refugee camps. President Obama says that he is certain he made the right choice. Yeah, He's talking about his Supreme 3 Court pick in his weekly Internet and radio released this morning, the president called for swift Senate confirmation 4 for his Supreme Court nominee 5 Sonia Sotomayor. The president said pointing to Sotomayor's 17 years of experience as a federal judge as one reason he picked her.
She was appointed to the U.S. District Court, serving six years as a trial judge where she presided over hundreds of cases. And most recently, she has spent eleven years on the U.S. Court of Appeals, our nation s second highest court, grappling with some of the most difficult constitutional and legal issues we face as a nation. She has more experience on the federal bench than any incoming Supreme Court Justice in the past 100 years. Quite simply, Judge Sotomayor has a deep familiarity with our judicial 6 system from almost every angle.
Well, a major decision in California this week to tell you about with the state Supreme Court leaving in place a same-sex marriage ban. But, the debate is not over, right now at least two other states are considering legalizing same-sex marriages. Our Josh Levs has a way that you can keep up with all of these changes.
Well, the events in California certainly are a reminder 7 of how quickly laws about same sex marriage can change all over the country. And we now have an interactive 8 way that you can follow those changing laws in literally any state, Let's zoom 9 in on the board , I want to show you a spread that's been set up here at CNN.com. It's an interactive map and you can click on any state and see what the laws are. This continues to be updated as the laws change. You got over here in the northeast section, you got New York, Maine, you can click on literally any state. Now while we are here, take a look at this, you can see the vast majority of states in the country do not recognize same sex unions. When you also look at this map, it's a reminder of why Iowa is so significant . Over here when Iowa made the decision to start allowing same sex marriage. On this one issue, it kind of punctured 10 this whole section of the United States.
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
- Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
- We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
- Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
- The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
- This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。