CNN 2009-10-25
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2009年(十)月
But first, let's begin with some breaking news out of Pakistan. A drone attack on a house of a suspected Taliban leader. It happened in the city of Damadola, 14 people killed, including three foreigners.
Now the Taliban threatening Afghanistan's runoff elections on the day the campaigning officially started again. Afghanistan is preparing for the runoff on November the 7th. President Hamid Karzai up against former Foreign Minister Abudula Abudula. Today the Taliban collecting or rather calling for a boycott 1 and says it plans to disrupt the vote with violence.
All right, so we get more US bank failures to tell you about today. The number of this year, get this, reached 106. And the latest three in Florida, one each in Georgia, Wisconsin ,Minnesota ,and Illinois. The federal fund that covers bank failures now stands at 7.5 billion dollars, 7.5. Just one year ago, that fund was 45 billion dollars.
The health officials say they are frustrated 2 with the delays in vaccine 3 production as the H1N1 virus spreads quickly. Only 16 million doses of vaccine have been shipped out so far. The virus is now widespread in at least 46 states, that's up five from last week.
International inspectors 4 are in Iran today to inspect the newly disclosed nuclear facility. The visit comes as Iran says it needs more time to decide on a proposal that could help in the showdown over its nuclear activities. Now the International Atomic Energy Agency gave Iran until yesterday to decide on the proposal. Teheran(Tehran均可）says it will have a response next week.
The mom of the so-called balloon boy admits it was all a hoax 5 like many people suspected, but now in court documents, Mayumi Heene says she and her husband knew their son was not in that run-away balloon, knew he was in the house, knew he was hiding all along. She also says in those court documents, they told the kids to lie to authorities, and also lie to the media about the whole incident.
In Chatam New Jersey 6, police are warning residents to be extra cautious after a Catholic priest was found dead in his church rectory. Investigators 7 say it appears to be homicide. But so far, no arrests have been made and there is still no word on a motive 8.
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
- They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》