时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2009年(五)月


英语课

Hello, I'm Melissa Long, here at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories that're happening NOW IN THE NEWS.


A South Korean military official tells CNN that North Korea testified another short-range missile this morning. This would be the 6th missile fired since North Korea did an underground nuclear test on Monday. Meantime, two Pentagon officials tell CNN that new US satellite imagery has spotted 1 vehicle activity at a North Korean ballistic missile site. The activity simulated the actions before a previous long-range missile launched by the North Korea earlier in the year.


GM will probably still file for bankruptcy 2 as soon as Monday despite a deal with its biggest bondholders, that's also when its US workers will find out which plants are closing as part of the restructuring plan. Twenty-one thousand more people are expected to lose their jobs.


Students and teachers from a private school in Maryland to a quarantine in China because of fears over swine flu have now been released. A student's mom said she heard from both her daughters and one of the teacher chaperones. The Chinese government confined the 21 kids and their three teachers in their hotel on Monday because a passenger on their plane to China was suspected of having the H1N1 virus.


Thousands of people turned out today to mourn the death of the former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. Last week he committed suicide by jumping from a hill behind his home, he was being investigated after allegations he took six million dollars in bribes 3 while he was in office.


Today is Jay Leno's last day as host to the "Tonight Show", but it didn't stop him from keeping the last coming last night, Conan O'Brien takes over The Tonight Show on Monday, this fall Jay Leno will be back with his own prime time comedy talk show.


And you're up-to-date, those are the headlines making news at this hour, do stay with CNN and CNN. com for more on these stories or other news that develops today.



1 spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
2 bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
3 bribes
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
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