CNN 2010-05-23
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2010年(五)月
We known that Fridays are awesome 1, but you know what today’s show could use? A mascot 2 and we’ve got one coming up for you in about eight minutes. I’m Carl Azuz. Let’s get to it.
First up, top kill. It sounds like something pretty bad. Officials are hoping it will do something good though. Stop the oil leak in the Gulf 3 of Mexico. The top kill, it’s also called a dynamic kill is something we mentioned earlier this week. You basically clog 4 up the well with a special kind of mud. BP, the company that owns the well has been trying a bunch of ways to deal with this leak. One strategy is using dispersants, chemicals that help break up the oil. The Environmental Protection Agency is worried about this specific kind of chemical that’s being used. It’s ordered BP to start using a different dispersant in the next couple days. The Minerals Management Service is part of the US Interior Department. It’s in charge of regulating offshore 5 oil drilling. It’s gotten some criticism lately for being too close to the industry it’s supposed to oversee 6. There have been accusations 7 of improper 8 gifts, or improper behavior. Ken 9 Salazar is the secretary of the interior. He is in charge of the Interior Department. He says he is working to clean up the Minerals Management Service and he is keeping an eye on the different strategies to clean up this oil spill.
'If something doesn’t work, they need to immediately fall back to other alternatives. We everyday are on top of BP relative to the different work streams that they have going on. This peculiar 10 work stream that they call the dynamic kill is something that should come, according to their schedule, in play on Sunday. That will be an effort to essentially 11 kill the well through the insertion of mud. We are doing everything we can to hold BP accountable and we will hold them accountable on behalf of the American people.'
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
- The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
- We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- In cotton and wool processing,short length fibers may clog sewers.在棉毛生产中，短纤维可能堵塞下水管道。
- These streets often clog during the rush hour.这几条大街在交通高峰时间常常发生交通堵塞。
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
- Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
- Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
- Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
- He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
- He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。